I am relatively new at having a reef tank and I was wondering 1) what are some of the "must have" coral for a reef tank and 2) the best way to go about getting them.
I have spent a lot of time searching through forums and the internet and really haven't come up with a good way to acquire these at reasonable prices. For example, baycorals has some really cool chalices and zoas, such as the red/blue/purple hornets, rastas, halo's, candy apples and chalices like the flame thrower, planet earth, the king, but they seem to never have them in stock and you are waiting list, but their prices seem fairly reasonable. I have checked on EBAY and a number of coral websites, but a lot of times they will give their coral the same name but you can see differences in the pictures such as different skirts so you're not sure exactly what it is you are getting.
I have never been to a frag event or frag swap in Chicago. Are these good events to attend and how often are they held? Are these worthwhile going to?
I have spent a lot of time searching through forums and the internet and really haven't come up with a good way to acquire these at reasonable prices. For example, baycorals has some really cool chalices and zoas, such as the red/blue/purple hornets, rastas, halo's, candy apples and chalices like the flame thrower, planet earth, the king, but they seem to never have them in stock and you are waiting list, but their prices seem fairly reasonable. I have checked on EBAY and a number of coral websites, but a lot of times they will give their coral the same name but you can see differences in the pictures such as different skirts so you're not sure exactly what it is you are getting.
I have never been to a frag event or frag swap in Chicago. Are these good events to attend and how often are they held? Are these worthwhile going to?
