Top 5 Corals for the Substrate

This video is for those reef keepers that have a sandy substrate in their tanks and are looking for some ideas for corals to put down there.
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[@geoffhirschi803]

Love your videos Than! Thanks for the detailed info. As a science junkie, I especially love that you provide actual taxonomies as often as possible. I wish that were more wide spread in the industry.

[@AlsFishBarn]

As always excellent content! Love this type of video and would love to see more about coral placement

[@botanicaltreasures2408]

The walking dendro is so cute!

[@kingjohndavidsr9720]

Awesome video! Thanks man AND I am glad you put my favorite at #1. I loved my purple plate coral.

[@Shots_Fired_2012]

Thanks for the advice I'm really new to the hobby and I want to be able to make the right decisions when it comes to coral placement

[@jimmcgrath8773]

Love your videos! Very helpful!

[@sunnygoold9449]

the criteria at the beginning.... brilliant!

[@desireerudolph5992]

Excellent content 🖖🏻. Lots to think about and clearly discussed 👍🏻🤔😁

[@Trill14n]

I’m thinking about getting into the hobby with a reef tank. Trying to learn all I can before doing so. Greatly appreciate this content.

[@CarelessPapo]

1yr later hope you did it bro. I’ve been 3 years fish only, finally upgraded to 2 ai primes, Hannah test kits & AIO tank. I’m ready to see what corals have for me

[@davestephens9463]

Most informative videos on corals I’ve found. I love how you give the scientific name too. Jake Adams would be proud.

[@RogueAquariums]

Great video Than. Some nice tips for those aforementioned corals 👍

[@yoshimoto2600]

Very interesting video. Keep the videos coming

[@TheDajohns]

Thank you for the videos

[@kstu8560]

Love it. Thanks

[@thestrawberryaniahomegarde7228]

Great information. Thank you.

[@bryanmohney7890]

Than, you mention Xenia on an island, but I’ve kept varieties that can “release” tops off the Xenia and blow around the tank settling in area I didn’t want. Just a watch out as that sure surprised me when I tried an island of them!

[@darktonio377]

I confirm the same happened to me and one needs to watch closely any xenia colony trying to send new settlers away in the water column !!

[@TechGearTalk]

Excellent video Than. Tons of great info. I love the idea of containing Xenia

[@tidalgardens]

Thanks homie

[@lunes-1]

Super interesting.I didn't known.thanks👍

[@LongsGreenhouse]

Love the videos. Gald my favorite got mentioned. The plate coral

[@ianscoralreef8265]

As always amazing video!!!! Can’t wait till coral freaks UK 😊

[@tidalgardens]

I'm looking forward to the trip. Thanks!

[@volteface69]

Très belle vidéo, merci beaucoup !!! 👍👍👍

[@tidalgardens]

Thank you!

[@ultimatefishkeeping]

I agree with all the points you brought out, I used to have a Reef Aquarium so I understand exactly what you are talking about. I had most of those Corals, they are my favorite. One day, I will have another one, but First, I need to buy a house so I can have the space for another one. Thank you very much for sharing. Have a great weekend.

[@tidalgardens]

It's good to be patient and get the tank you really want. Space considerations are huge, not just the tank but all the areas to work.

[@ultimatefishkeeping]

@@tidalgardens I agree with you. Again thank you for sharing that Awesome video, I really enjoyed watching. You did very very well, thank you.

[@drexistre7364]

Awesome video Than you have been busy with your new building haven't seen you in a while 👍👍

[@tidalgardens]

For sure. I'll be doing an update soon hopefully.

[@jonatangarciachavez8778]

excelente info aun que tuve que traducirlo por eso me encanta este canal excepcional información y contenido y util lo unico malo es que you tube no tiene estos videos ni con sub titulos al español aun asi excepcional gracias Tidal G,

[@jennychurchill8953]

Yes!!! Totally right!!

[@Moonfruit777]

7:55 Than... you need to meet my elegance. It's tentacles (not the whole polyp) extend about 10" upwards 😂 Crazier than anything torch euphyllia can come up with! Great video with great corals! Thanks for thinking of the walking dendro - it doesn't nearly receive the attention it deserves!

[@tidalgardens]

For sure they can get huge. Once they do that... there isn't anything they can't reach.

[@sunnygoold9449]

Ahhhh so my fungia is actually supposed to move - I am always trying to put shells and stuff around it to hem it in. I was told at the store (Fauna Marin) to put a shell or rubble under it to help keep pests away from its base that it can suffer from in the sand. I also thought a scoly prefers low flow and light so I keep my button in a cave - the color has definitely got better. Thanks Than ;)

[@Nolimitsenju]

Rico’s tank is so dope

[@el_guapo1318]

I saw my Frosted Forest Aussie Lord eat a spaghetti worm once. Also saw that same coral eat a mushroom coral that had come off its frag plug. And watched another Aussie Lord eat a bristle worm. Yeah. My Aussie Lords don't mess around when it comes to eating.

[@poloky478]

High quality video....

[@eniodeandrade2305]

Hello I am from Brazil and I love your Chanel and your videos 👏🏻👏🏻🤝 Best regards

[@tidalgardens]

Glad you like them!

[@shuwukong]

Hi Than, i love your videos and calming voice! That brain at 3:00 caught me, is that a symphillia?

[@dnbjed]

How do you think elegance and plates would do on a bare bottom tank? Would you do a list on corals for the bottom of a bare bottom tank?

[@robertlangford7637]

nice video ,i wish you could have showed more corals hey but thanks

[@itsanarchy6430]

I love the look of plate Corals so much but I have a pistol shrimp and a nano :(. Next tank will be dedicated to the sand bed corals!

[@lauraholmes9353]

I would say similar to xenia, green star polyps are good invasive coral to have on an island on the sandbed. The only issues being they love high flow which can disturb sand, and spaghetti worms bother them 😒

[@SM-dd9hb]

Good List but What about the Trachy's/Wellsos etc?? Steve

[@pdwinc.1077]

excellent information here. Have you done a video for those with BBT?

[@tidalgardens]

Yes I have

[@stevolam182]

At :27 there’s a micro Goni on the sand bed, I have that exact same coral and I’m wondering if yours ever comes out 😅

[@chrisa2922]

Not sure if this is a hot take, but I keep my mushrooms on the bottom as well. They all seem to do fine and readily multiply.

[@juliet_burke]

I love your KZbin channel and website! So beautiful, professional. Can you please make video about top 10 fastest growing corals? I can not find anything on fastest growing here at KZbin. Also top 10 small size corals for 5 g nano reefs and pico tanks? Would be so great to learn from your experience.

[@tidalgardens]

I like the idea of fastest and slowest corals as a video topic. Thanks!

[@ReefandMonsters]

Good ideia

[@williamchristian4031]

What are your thoughts on having hammers on the sandbed?

[@Cavegeckosol]

I used to put favias on the sand, but lately for some reason, they've been changing weird colors down there. It's probably because my bulb's spectrum is moving around. Now I really want a walking dendro, too, haha.

[@tidalgardens]

Favia can change color a lot. Most likely is light, but it could be chemistry as well.

[@ShellyMischelleMorrison]

Hey Coral Aune im here...

[@zsxking]

Great info 👍 one question, does it make plate coral not suitable for bare bottom tank?

[@tidalgardens]

I'm up in the air on this. I've kept them on glass before and I've had them suddenly die overnight. I don't know if it is substrate (or lack thereof) related but it makes me wonder.

[@johnfitzgerald5158]

How about goniopora? Definitely a bottom loving coral.

[@stewartdevisser3818]

For some reason my scolly just die off after a few weeks and I don't understand why because I keep pretty regular tank maintenance

[@thomasbaldauf7971]

You brought up xenia as an honorable mention, i almost cried cuz i ordered one the other day and its almost dead :(( my nitrates are too low (0) Sometimes having perfect water is badd. Now im feeding like 3 times a day just to raise nitrates quickly

[@mihaia6026]

@Tidal Gardens Cant wait to see a new video on Will's tank. Just saying :P

[@tidalgardens]

One of these days I'll make it back over to his place. In this case, both of us are super busy. Sometimes it takes a few weeks of scheduling and rescheduling to set something up.

[@ENTONYING]

is plate coral good for beginner? i always see one on my local aquarium store

[@simonjohnson4025]

Than you must bring your camera when you come over to AAC in the UK - be interested to know your thoughts

[@tidalgardens]

What is AAC?

[@simonjohnson4025]

@@tidalgardens Advanced Aquarium Consultancy ;)

[@Bc.20]

I like keeping acans on the substrate to get more of ball ahape rather than it growing on the rock

[@matthewpisek6252]

What would you say about encrusting corals

[@mikeg9341]

About the xenia being on its island. From my experienced, they dont stay within that "island" it as if they exploded in the tank. And youd see alot of small polyps.

[@ernestsacco8552]

Ive had a walking coral for a little over a year... One time a rogue emerald crab ended up stripping all of the flesh off of the base... Normally I would throw the coral away as it was completely bare and it had turned a chalky white...However because of the peanut worm I decided to leave it be... Somehow within 3 months the tissue had all grown back and it now looks better than ever 8 months later

[@tidalgardens]

Nice. I'm glad it made a recovery.

[@ernestsacco8552]

@@tidalgardens is it possible for a walking coral to develope more than one mouth....because after another incident it seems like instead of a single line of tentacles there are two main clumps on each end

[@Dropswitch]

I would consider Mushrooms on a island near the substrate. They can spread quickly and take over a tank just as easily as xenia.

[@mybeachshack]

"Never be cool".... Haha. Please, forgive me if this question is too old to answer, but what camera are you using ! Punchy-sharp and accurate colors. Outstanding presentation. Thank you.

[@mothsocks4082]

If you have a look at the video description it’s got all of the camera specs in a list :)

[@handlehaggler]

Need more of these videos. The live shows are irrelevant to us international viewers (specifically W.A. AUS as we can't import anything) How's the build going? Any plans on an update soon?

[@tidalgardens]

Yes, expect an update in about a week!

[@am1rbs]

If I have pistol shrimp , does it make sense to have corals on the sand ?

[@error50012]

Can u do one for bare bottoms? Great vid

[@Sinned108]

Yes, I would like to see that too!

[@tidalgardens]

I'll think about it. It's a good match for this video

[@jennanation6992]

why would my lobo be bleaching on the sand where the light is low? I also cant believe it didint make the list! I have a lobo and just ordered a wellsi to keep on sand bed. They get very big for rockwork and also have a flat botton and are beautiful! and colorful! I also thought I heard you say b4 that plates were hard to keep! I have lost about 5 of them! Most recently a gorgeous tye dye looking body with long tentacles with blue tips! I scored it for 50 bucks and I know it was worth at least 400! It was about 5 inches in diameter as well!

[@jussless2834]

Would the trachy be considered a meaty coral I always see them in the substrate and Wichita substrate would be best I’m deeply considering make this my next coral

[@tidalgardens]

Yes, I would lump Trachys in with that crowd

[@CalebChapman12]

Tidal Gardens I thought they could die if they get sand in them

[@hyon8366]

What’s the secret to raising pompom xenia? I haven’t been able to keep them for 20 years now. My last try was 4 months ago and they died again.

[@WestSidaFeLife]

What is the coral at 0:24? I had a mystery frags gifted to me and i have one and have no idea. Im thinking its a gonipora but it never extends like it? Had it 2 days now

[@aydenc4421]

What was the red white and blue coral at 3:50?

[@johnparker8837]

Looks like Rico's Beast

[@tidalgardens]

A couple shots are his tank, yes.

[@joelp9050]

Plate corals move by themselves?

[@timothyco6337]

Muy interesante tu canal ¿no podras subtitularlo en español?

[@MumRah]

I'm very new to this so bare with me. So I have a rainbow plate coral and I put it on the substrate when I got it. Everything looked OK and not knowing and better I moved it to a pretty thin and very flat live rock that I just got. I'd say it's about 1/2" thick so it's not to high off the floor. Well since I've done that, maybe 2 days. It has really started looking amazing. It's so much more open and "flowly" than before. It even looks a little bigger. Any idea why? My tank is only 25 gal and I have an AI light. LMK, if you need anymore info to figure this out or whatever. Thanks Edit: now that I think of it it's probably because it's more like the rocky substrate you described in the video. idk

[@rajgill7576]

How's the coral and tank doing now? I recently started my first marine tank and I just out 2 tiny coral frags in today. GSP and leptoseris

[@MumRah]

@rajgill7576 The plate coral died, but everything else is doing great. I just keep my levels steady. I did have a dino breakout, but I was able to put it down.

[@carloscabrera6385]

How about bubble coral?

[@Adri-br7je]

Would hairy mushrooms be a decent choice?

[@tidalgardens]

They are just ok. Some don't like getting covered with sand periodically.

[@Boogerdick69]

Micro lord

[@wadeklabis1178]

What is that in the end with the sand on it a sea slug?

[@tidalgardens]

That is a cucumber

[@drewlong77]

Great video. Would Trachophilia fall into meat corals? They can balloon up to make sand fall off, which would make them specifically a good choice I wld think.

[@tidalgardens]

They are pretty similar as far as substrate placement goes

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

My elegance was doing great.. but as you mentioned, it was in the sandbed and suddenly the flesh started to come off from the skeleton. Now watching this video I noticed that the skeleton is black, so this is due to anaerobic conditions?

[@tidalgardens]

it could be. That black skeleton I think is tied to sulphur dioxide formation. It smells like it anyway.

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

@@tidalgardens thank you for the answer. Yeah.. it's sad.. was a very beautiful piece. Well it is still alive and opening a little.. but it is the same for weeks now. I don't think it will heal again? Or? I placed it on flat rock a month ago.

[@brettedwardstout7096]

Trachy? Is there a reason why it was excluded that could help me identify anything special I need to do?

[@tidalgardens]

I would lump Trachys along with the Scolys and other corals of that type. They do fine in the sand.

[@brettedwardstout7096]

Thanks sir.

[@suvporridge2603]

Can you dip the Walking Dendros? Im kinda worried about the peanut worm.

[@Hex22]

NEVER dip a walking dendro

[@suvporridge2603]

@@Hex22 ok, thanks, but are there any other corals that you should not dip? there are videos only about how to dip corals, but not a single video about what corals you should NEVER dip. Thanks!

[@Moonfruit777]

​ Suv Porridge I didn't dip mine - But about the worst hitchhiker on a dendro would be red planaria or some form of LPS-Flatworm (they aren't too bad and any wrasse would likely eat them) As for other corals not to dip: I wouldn't dip any Acropora echinata, carduus, suharsonoi etc what are often referred to as "deep sea acros". I lost every echinata i dipped. (coral rx) *disclaimer* I don't generally advocate "not dipping corals" but those species i think can't handle a dip. Manually remove any pests and QT them just to be sure no pests are on them :)

[@suvporridge2603]

@@Moonfruit777 thanks

[@Hex22]

Suv Porridge It’s not really about the coral regarding the walking dendro but the worm, because that’s exactly the type of thing dips are designed to kill, other than that I’d dip every coral and just dilute more for really sensitive ones

[@eblouin3413]

What about favia ???

[@plainice77]

What about clams?

[@tidalgardens]

Not a coral but a lot of people keep them on a rubble substrate

[@JasonSulvaran]

What is the name of that snail in the beginning

[@partlycloudy531]

Jason Sulvaran fighting conch

[@nasserrichiez4607]

question, what is wrong with that blue tang at 1:00 minutes just curious

[@gungbojog6030]

Is there any substrate anemones?

[@tidalgardens]

Yes there are many that do really well on the substrate. Both long tentacle anemones and carpets do well.

[@gungbojog6030]

@@tidalgardens on fine substrate? Idk why but my carpet anemone doesnt feel like staying on the substrate (fine sand, he moved from the rocks to the sand) and eventually died, my LTA on the other hand, is living and chilling on a rock till this day

[@robertedwards9961]

Mostly I think this is spot-on. I wouldn't use a coral's ability to shake off sand as a criterion. Most of us do daily tank maintenence, so you can just blow the sand off. Elegance corals feed better if you mush them up against the glass? What?!?

[@ivannunez3131]

Thought Acans would of made the list 😕

[@tidalgardens]

You can definitely put them on the sand, but sometimes it is the critters that bother them.

[@natenc131]

Wht is the bright green coral at 3:50

[@tidalgardens]

Hammer coral

[@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975]

What is this at 13:41?

[@zanegreay7157]

what is the coral at 5:59

[@tidalgardens]

Indophyllia

[@janinesnyder8250]

I feel like with enough water changes, you could get a Palau Jellyfish Lake thing going because of the intense clay soil base. It doesn’t have any nutrients of its own, but also none ever get out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYa8inuJrb6Dn7c Don’t worry: I know for a fact that the osprey nests elsewhere (15th hole at country club).

[@janinesnyder8250]

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[@dontreply8346]

You’re a babe

[@MrGarnettmiller]

Love the content but the slow direct was killing me.

[@daytimespider1268]

What you actually came here for 4:20

[@frankbowen3020]

Pp

[@deadbrother5355]

Whats up? Than is the Davie504 of reefing. Change my mind. Is there a coral you can slap? If so crossover video at 69,420 likes.