Ideas for 25g tank?

[Roxanne]

Thanks for all this info.  Unfortunately, did not make it to the LFS today, but longer wait is better.  As for corals, well I might just do what you are recommending and add a coral before fish; I really like the leather (mushroom leather / Sacrophyton) as well as Xenia, toadstool.

[NanoSF]

The right LFS will probably have a lot of helpful information for you too.

Xenia are fairly hardy too your right. They can be a weed like GSP so choose your location wisely. The leathers would be a good start. Enjoy yourself. You are in the honeymoon period, everything is exciting.

Make sure you don't take any one persons word for anything in this hobby (including what I said ). So many opinions and so many different approaches. In the end it is up to you.

[Roxanne]

Well after finally took the plunge and added a few pieces of corals (Pulsing Xenia, Toadstool leather and a candy cane) last night thanks to someone on the site offering me some frags.  Obviously, all three pieces last night looked a little stressed and kind of sheepish, but woke up this morning to a fully open toadstool, a pulsing Xenia and a nicely colored candy cane.  So nice to watch!!!

As for the Xenia, my only question is does is flow much?  It seems to be going sideways like it would be in heavy current but is not....Good thing however is that it is opened and pulsing..  The Toadstool, well it almost looks like it's head is too heavy when it's fully opened.

As for fish, will wait a few weeks and ensure everything stays stable and in good health.

[NanoSF]

Xenia doesn't take much flow to push over. It also likes less flow and will pulse more in gentle flow. I don't know much about toadstool leather but all leather can bend over while trying to get adjusted to the new position. They would grow based on the position it was previously in. Now that you have it in a different position it might not be balanced well and is therefore bending over. I think it will adjust in time.

Congrats on your first corals!

[salvini55]

xenia will "walk". It will lean over and attach its stalk to a surface to spread. Very soon you will have two xenia!