Top 10 Affordable & Unique Corals

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There are tons of videos about affordable beginner corals...but what about the corals that are so unique, you'd impress a fellow reef keeper!?
1. Frammer
2. Branching Cyphastrea
(BONUS) Elongated Fungia
3. Turbinaria heronensis
4. Mystery photosynthetic gorg?
5. Blastomussa merleti
6. Gold Clove Polyps
7. Cyphastrea
8. Leptoseris
9. Snake Polyps
10. Fathead Dendros
Thank you to the participating channels:
Marc Levenson: / @melevsreef
Ania - Gallery Aquatica: / @galleryaquaticatv
Than - Tidal Gardens: / @tidalgardens
Jack - Murrmans and Studio Caretaker
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Snake Polyps Article: reefbuilders.com/2017/03/06/s...
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@insanity4224 Жыл бұрын

The idea of getting a bunch of legends together to contribute to a RB video was great 👍

@jean-christophelatreille1678 Жыл бұрын

im in love with my fox coral!!

@bruhman8005 Жыл бұрын

Turbinaria! Old school plating and gives a tank that natural look when it gets mature. Looks great under daylight.

@Alex_Correa Жыл бұрын

Very nice video!!! Keep it going! I love that lady! The whole video is great!

@Trav84 Жыл бұрын

What a cool video idea!! I love all the collaborations.

@heres_the_sauce Жыл бұрын

There’s just so many to explore. I’m glad there’s a bunch of affordable and interesting options!

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Isn't that the truth!? As I was putting this video together I started to think about the corals that were left out! ~Remy

@lorenzospina3174 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video 👍.

@melevsreef Жыл бұрын

Nice edit! Thanks Remy.

@RB-Raj Жыл бұрын

Thanks for playing with us, Marc!

@IkanHiasLaut Жыл бұрын

Hi Remy.. I hope you is the host for next and all video from reef builders .. There is Jake Soul in Yours ..❤

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate your positivity! ~Remy

@areyouarobotz Жыл бұрын

Love the mashup!

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Turbinaria took the prize for me. That piece is stunning! ~Remy

@charlottefalconer8602 Жыл бұрын

That Hero Turbinaria was insane! Wish I could get a frag of that in the uk. Incredible and excellent choice!

@atkinsnatureaquariums3552 Жыл бұрын

My favorite underrated coral is Cladiella, I have a really cool form that has dark polyps with a light base. When I saw the mother colony get disturbed, all the polyps started to pulse like a wave. They called it the blushing coral and I was hooked on it! It's just a leather coral, but I think it's pretty unique Nice to see more of Jack! the quality wasn't the best in the studio, but I know you guys will get it better in time! It would be nice to see Jack as a guest on an episode of reef therapy in the future!!! 🤔😁❤️

@ten4tango Жыл бұрын

I have a Merulina Coral I got in a beginners frag pack like 10 years ago and am still fond of its shape and growth pattern.

@ajsmilda Жыл бұрын

Galaria aquatica always +1❤

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Those guys are awesome! I can't wait to visit! ~Remy

@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army Жыл бұрын

Totaly agree love the store staff and stock...legends🦈🐡🐠🐙

@jikkermanccini Жыл бұрын

Leptoseris has always been my favorite encrusting coral, it's so incredibly unique in growth form and the texture reminds me of mini sand dunes. It's one of the best sculpture encrusters too! I have a colony of pink Lepto growing on an antique wine bottle in my aquarium.

@UnorthodoxReef Жыл бұрын

Great Video. I love all the choices mentioned. I would add psammocora and pavona to the list. So many colors and growth forms.

@DeltaKiloExotics Жыл бұрын

Ok had to pause the video...I thought i had a brain aneurysm....did i click bahama llama? No...reef builders...this is what its like worlds collide!..love it! Sorry if im behind the times...lol great to see this...really like Bahama Llama.

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Yep - I will be doing a lot of stuff over on the RB channel! ~Remy

@ryanreeves8931 Жыл бұрын

Branching cyphastrea has always been one of my fav’s. The green variety is actually found less often then the pink but imagine a tank w just cyphastrea!!❤❤❤

@matthewwalker8165 Жыл бұрын

I’m right there with you I’m hard bent to order some now I’ve been wanting it! I’ve got two different kinds in my tank

@mellissabluxury Жыл бұрын

Loved this video! Hi Ania 👋🏻 Ania got me hooked on lepto, I’ve got six varieties. I regularly knock small pieces off with metal tongs and glue them to bare patches that need filling. I’m cyphastrea obsessed too but am still searching for a branching variety in Australia.

@mattthomas6102 Жыл бұрын

There should be branching Cyphastrea frags at the Salisbury location! They could be sent to Wynnum if you want.

@mellissabluxury Жыл бұрын

@@mattthomas6102 thankyou!! I’ll hit Ania up before next visit.

@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army Жыл бұрын

Anias the best she is so awsome..love her.😊

@Reefspidey Жыл бұрын

I would add rare forms of some of the common corals Xenia: Giant Bali Xenia, Ruby Red Xenia GSP: Branching GSP, Pink GSP Sinularia: pulsing sinularia Kenya tree: Avatar/Blue Ice Kenya Tree

@JonP123 Жыл бұрын

Great video - love the multiple perspectives in one longer vid. For beginner / budget friendly corals I am a huge fan of chalice corals. So many different color morphs and grafted versions to collect. Hope you all make this a running series of mid and high range corals. Beginner friendly, intermediate and advanced. That’s nine videos… And an expansion video series into favorite zoas, euphyllia, Millie, acros, etc.

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

For sure! The tricky part is doing videos on "high end" corals people in the comments lose their minds over prices. lol. Love the suggestions and will take them into consideration for sure!

@theoddballreefer Жыл бұрын

Definitely have to go with any photosynthetic gorgonians or Palythoa grandis.

@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army Жыл бұрын

Ania,s turbon all the way 😊

@atfinthehouse8631 Жыл бұрын

Leptastrea and psammacora

@atfinthehouse8631 Жыл бұрын

Fox coral, japanese deep water neon green weeping willow, neon green sinularia.

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Fox is a good one for sure. WW is great but sometimes they can be overpriced. ~Remy

@gsander4837 Жыл бұрын

I’m fond of NPS

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Always fun to feed! Ever mounted any upside down? ~Remy

@gsander4837 Жыл бұрын

@@ReefBuildersVideo not yet,but plan to with a new build I have. Will try some some red and yellow finger gorgs i currently have on hand along with some sun coral.

@FettzkiAqua 6 ай бұрын

‘Euphyllia paraancora 24k’ is my absolute favorite

@the_SAMLA_reefer Жыл бұрын

T. megacorallita for sure, mainly because im a HongKonger myself and my hometown has ties to this species

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Fun to feed for sure. ~Remy

@queencityreefs Жыл бұрын

I can't pick! I like them all!

@Alisa-Kellers-Reef 10 ай бұрын

Great video! I really like Duncan Coral easy to grow and affordable, and the Japanese neon green Kenya tree, a fast grower and looks really cool :)

@migueljohnson432 Ай бұрын

I love my Turbinaria H. ;-) sure not as big, but beautiful blue/green colors

@TheIncredibleHieb Жыл бұрын

:D :D :D i had this idea of putting leptocseris on a branching skelleton :D :D just couldn'T find a fitting piece so far.

@robertedwards9961 9 ай бұрын

A+++ to Ania for mentioning gorgonians. Some of the photosynthic ones are touchy, but most are easy to keep and have beautiful growth forms. Sad that Than Thien likes corals for their "day-glo colors." May I humbly suggest the blue coral, Heliopora coerulea, which despite appearances is technically a soft coral? A beautiful dark brown, with large white polyps. You can read its moods -- if it's unhappy it will skin over. A fast grower, its shape very much depends on the water flow.

@encrustingacro Жыл бұрын

2:00 That’s actually Lobactis scutaria, not Fungia fungites. True Fungia are actually pretty uncommon in the hobby. 12:56 The coral shown is a colonial Cycloseris (C. wellsi, explanulata, mokai), not Leptoseris.

@murrmansreef3944 Жыл бұрын

Alright bro I need to be friends with you you got any socials?

@encrustingacro Жыл бұрын

@@murrmansreef3944 R2R: encrustingacro iNat: encrustingacro

@ReefBuildersVideo Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the clarifications! ~Remy

@EugeneRu777 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@michaelelkinton1167 9 ай бұрын

One of my fav oddball corals is my blue cespitularia

@amuseinthecraftroom6257 6 ай бұрын

Maybe 2024 is the year I stop being chicken and branch out to salt water. I've been doing fresh for so long I'm scared, but I'm enchanted by the corals.

@TheYear-dm9op 3 ай бұрын

I have the branching cyphastrea but it's red on red. I also have a leptoseris but I don't know... . I also have the two standard blastomussas. I don't really know what to do with the last 3 . My favorites from video are the turbinaria :O and the variants of the branching cyphastrea that are mire colorful than mine. And I've never ever heard about those snake polyps Oo .