What to corals to buy??

My birfday is coming and My fiance said me she will take to the lfs to pick out some frags and stuff..any sugestions on what I should get. Im looking to add some real poping color.something not to diff to care for.
ok let the ideas flow....:

 

depends on your lighting, Ricordia are my favs. along with a plethora of Zoas.

 

how long has your tank been set up? please remind us

if its 1st corals your after

Zoanthids ( check out the sponsors sites and you will see popping colours on Zoanthids
Mushroom colonies - same as above there are some really nice bright colours available
GSP - a very easy to care for coral that looks magnificent under Actinics
Soft leather corals - the finger type - the appearance of stag horn but without complicated additions
LPS - check out my avator for my current favourite coral and again no special requirements or additives (its a Torch coral but bubbles, Elegance Frogspawn and hammer varieties of LPS are all reasonably easy to care for and have high success rates in reef set ups


Steve

 

thanks guys for the quick response.sorry forgot to mention my lighting and tank age. lighting is 2x175 14k halides on -ballast 2x65 watt actinic pc`s,tanks been running for 2 yrs but only about 9-10 months with corals. have already gsp,2 green rics,orange zoas,yellow polyps,blue shrooms,little yellow toadstool.red chilli,1 green hairy shroom,blue w/burgandy candy cane,small frag green monti digitata( new and doing good).

 

based on your reply


id say LPS and the hammer as pictured here or one with purple tips, might be a nice addition

Steve

 

very cool..

 

You're Monti Cap is doing well? Time to try a Bird's Nest, or an Acro!

 

you have good lighting, i'd say try the birdsnest as mentioned above, try a few different acros, a slimer or two. oregon tort, pavona, have alittle fun.

 

thats what i was looking for..sounds like a plan .hopfuly we can go pick some up this weekend.out side of keeping params up to par what else do i need as for care for the above mentioned corals....

 

Stable parameters are most important. Try and avoid large swings in the params, Magnesium, Calcium, Alkalinity, Nitrates, and Phosphates mainly. Do you have a supplementation method in mind? 2-part, CA reactor, kalkwasser etc.

You have the light, only other thing would be good random/chaotic flow.