Coral reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 157 Reddit reviews across 9 subreddits and 24 posts to rank the best Coral brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/ReefTank, r/Colognes, r/scuba, r/Sephora, r/CozyGamers. Top-rated brands include Prada (5.0/5), Tidal Gardens (5.0/5), Coral (4.5/5).
Stats
Reviews157
Subreddits9
Posts24
Brands87
Products34
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#1
Prada
5.0
(35)
"Here’s what I own bottles of, and love: L’Homme"
"Here’s what I own bottles of, and love: L’Homme Intense"
"Here’s what I own bottles of, and love: Luna Rossa (OG)"
"Here’s what I own bottles of, and love: Amber Pour Homme"
"Here’s what I own bottles of, and love: Luna Rossa Black"
"Here’s what I own bottles of, and love: L’Homme L’Eau"
"Luna Rossa, Lhomme, Amber PH, Luna Rossa Parfum (red), lhomme leau, Prada Black"
"Luna Rossa, Lhomme, Amber PH, Luna Rossa Parfum (red), lhomme leau, Prada Black"
"Luna Rossa, Lhomme, Amber PH, Luna Rossa Parfum (red), lhomme leau, Prada Black"
"Luna Rossa, Lhomme, Amber PH, Luna Rossa Parfum (red), lhomme leau, Prada Black"
#2
Tidal Gardens
5.0
(8)
"Tidal gardens is my favorite"
"Tidal gardens is SUPER professional and sends very nice stuff"
"+1 for tidal gardens. There customers service is unmatched and their pictures are crazy accurate."
"Tidal gardens is the best in my opinion but they are local to me so I get to just pickup my orders :)"
"+1 for Tidal Gardens"
"Have been extremely happy with orders from Tidal Gardens, Top Shelf Aquatics, and Cherry Corals"
"Tidal Gardens is good, never had any issues when I ordered and their pictures are pretty accurate."
"Tidal gardens is pretty standard I use them"
#3
Coral
4.5
(6)
"Raja ampat. It’s most biodiverse place in the world and amazing corals."
"Raja ampat was fantastic for coral."
"The coral at Ras Mohammad in Egypt was probably the best coral I’ve seen."
"Triton Bay and Alor would probably be next and mostly fit your preferences."
"I used nothing but crushed coral and old live rock to bring up the ph in my african cichlid tank."
"I’d recommend some easy corals, Zoa’s, GSP(not touching anything), Duncans, Favia, Montipora if you wanna try SPS."
#4
Coral Island
4.3
(6)
"Coral Island all the way!"
"Coral island. I’ve been playing for a few weeks and already on my 2nd play through."
"Coral Island. Have played them both and they are both fine games, but coral island can click a bit better."
"Loved coral island though"
"Coral Island if you want something with more story and goals and npcs with personalities and bigger map and more stuff to do!"
"329 hours in Coral Island, both are great games to chill out with."
#5
Bonaire
5.0
(3)
"Bonaire is amazing with regards to Caribbean corals, one of the better places to dive in the Caribbean!"
"Bonaire is a life experience every diver should try at least once."
"I dove in Bonaire in December for the first time. The coral was the best I’ve ever seen!"
#6
Dior
5.0
(3)
"Is amazing!"
"I love the Dior coral blush!"
"Makes my skin look so healthy and glowy."
#7
Coral RX
4.3
(3)
"Coral RX is what I use."
"I favour CoralRx. Reef Dip is also decent."
"My second favorite dip is Coral RX."
#8
Zoas and Mushrooms
4.0
(3)
"I struggled with zoas and mushrooms which is most people’s recommendation for first corals."
"I would go for some softies such as Zoas / Kenya Tree / toadstools or a mushroom."
"Fill that baby with zoas and mushrooms!"
#9
Zoas
4.0
(3)
"For sure."
"Zoas, acans, some fans are a good start."
"Zoas, favites, war coral, lots of corals have red so just pick a species."
#10
Hammer Coral
4.0
(3)
"I have an LPS tank and my hammers seem to be way easier than any other coral try."
"If the Duncan is doing well I would expect a hammer or torch would also do well."
"What would you recommend for the hammer light wise."
#11
Top Shelf Aquatics
5.0
(2)
"Top shelf aquatics obviously."
"Top shelf aquatics is pretty damn good"
#12
Red Sea
4.5
(2)
"The best coral is in the red sea."
"Dahab in Egypt was pretty good for corals."
#13
Saie
4.5
(2)
"Has a few peachy pink shades."
#14
Patrick Ta
4.5
(2)
"It’s so gorgeous and long lasting."
"Has a good coral blush."
#15
Nicrew
4.0
(2)
"Nicrew lights on Amazon seem to get good reviews."
"You could have bought a plain 20 gallon rimmed tank and a nicrew light off of Amazon for less than this and been better off."
#16
Rare Beauty
3.5
(2)
"It’s great, just very matte."
#17
Bubble Nems
5.0
(1)
"Bubble nems are actually extremely easy especially if you can get them from local hobbyist."
#18
Pink Frogspawn
5.0
(1)
"Pink frog spawn."
#19
Kalimaya Dive Resort
5.0
(1)
"It was awesome."
#20
UnaUna
5.0
(1)
"It was amazeballs for coral."
#21
Candy Cane
5.0
(1)
"Something with volume like Candy cane colony, bubble corals, Goni/Hammer garden."
#22
Tubbataha
5.0
(1)
"Tubbataha is straight out of national geographic. So many diverse and colorful corals."
#23
Solomon Islands
5.0
(1)
"Best fish and coral diving I have seen, better than Palau and the Philippines."
#24
Fiji
5.0
(1)
"The best the Fiji (remote islands) and the Solomon Islands (western province) are unmatched."
#25
Mozambique
5.0
(1)
"Lots of unbleached coral gardens, with many dive sites having 5m deep shallows and large drop offs."
#26
Ambon
5.0
(1)
"Heard that Ambon is very good, with lots of healthy corals."
#27
ACROS
5.0
(1)
"If you are ready ACROS."
#28
Mystic Montiporas
5.0
(1)
"I would like to have your suggestions for corals that I can add on this tank."
#29
Papua New Guinea
5.0
(1)
"Papua New Guinea and especially Milne Bay is un-freaking-believable."
#30
Ras Mohamed
5.0
(1)
"Coral Gardens in Ras Mohamed and Tiran remain world class."
#31
Raja Ampat
5.0
(1)
"Raja Ampat has the greatest diversity of coral that I’ve ever seen."
#32
Timor Leste
5.0
(1)
"Incredibly easy to access reefs and has some of the highest biodiversity counts ever conducted."
#33
Palau
5.0
(1)
"Palau is some of the most pristine diving I've experienced in all of SE Asia."
#34
Great Astrolabe Reef
5.0
(1)
"The Great Astrolabe Reef is incredible, go to Kadavu."
#35
Una Una Island
5.0
(1)
"Definitely look into Una Una Island in Indonesia."
#36
SBB Corals
5.0
(1)
"The selection they have is second to none and there are a lot of people there to help answer questions and give advice."
#37
Fiji Astrolabe Reef
5.0
(1)
"Fiji’s Astrolabe Reef is known for having some of the world’s best soft coral."
#38
Alor, Indonesia
5.0
(1)
"Alor/Indonesia had by far the best coral."
#39
Tobago
5.0
(1)
"Caribbean largest brain coral in the world if that sparks your interest."
#40
Battle Corals
5.0
(1)
"I’ve purchased from both battle corals and tidal gardens. Everything came healthy and i was happy with how it was all packaged."
#41
Frag Pack
5.0
(1)
"Here’s my suggestions… [This](https://drreefsquarantinedfish.com/product/frag-pack-25-lot/) or [this](https://drreefsquarantinedfish.com/product/frag-pack-12-lot/)."
#42
Florida Ricordea
5.0
(1)
"Florida ricordea and palys are my favorite when red."
#43
Elegance Coral
5.0
(1)
"An elegance coral would be a nice show piece for that tank."
#44
Pink Boobies Chalice
5.0
(1)
"A pink boobies chalice!"
#45
Low Country Coral Boys
5.0
(1)
"I've had really good luck with Low Country Coral Boys for my Zoas."
#46
Living Reef
5.0
(1)
"If you’re looking for torches Living Reef’s are a lot nicer IMO."
#47
Benefit
5.0
(1)
"It’s a stain so it’s super long lasting, and it’s the perfect peachy color."
#48
Tower 28
5.0
(1)
"Beautiful sun drenched color."
#49
Gucci
5.0
(1)
"Is my favorite blush I’ve ever had."
#50
Kackie Reviews Beauty
5.0
(1)
"She does so many swatches to compare so you can see the difference and she also loves coral."
#51
Danessa Myricks
5.0
(1)
"Makes a great one."
#52
Nudestix
5.0
(1)
"Has some really beautiful coral blushes."
#53
Dior, Patrick Ta, Benefit, Kosas
5.0
(1)
"Good staying power and looks really good on the cheeks!"
#54
Ultra Red Saint Thomas
5.0
(1)
"Mushrooms are very forgiving and don't need a lot of light so they make good corals to put in shaded areas!"
#55
Aussie Lord
5.0
(1)
"An Aussie Lord colony would look great there"
#56
ORA
4.0
(1)
"ORA through vendor sites like brs or swa is usually solid too."
#57
Extreme Corals
4.0
(1)
"I like Scott from extremecorals.com for Aussie and indoPacific colonies."
#58
LAX Aquarium
4.0
(1)
"LAX Aquarium does live auctions of corals. You can buy from past auctions, or wait for the next live sale."
#59
DipX
4.0
(1)
"I always dip corals using DipX. You just mix it with water according to the directions, add the coral, and intermittently swirl the coral in the solution to wash off unwanted pests."
#60
That Pet Place
4.0
(1)
"Make the trip up to That Pet Place in Lancaster, Pa."
#61
Pacific East Aquaculture
4.0
(1)
"There’s also Pacific East Aquaculture in Mardela Springs, MD"
#62
CTE Aquatics
4.0
(1)
"CTE Aquatics in Lutherville."
#63
Duncan's Coral
4.0
(1)
"Duncan's are easy, as long as you feed them regularly."
#64
Soft Coral
4.0
(1)
"Fiji had some amazing soft coral dives if that tickles your pickle."
#65
Sun Coral
4.0
(1)
"Sun coral non photosynthetic needs to be fed couple times a week."
#66
Cozumel
4.0
(1)
"A quick trip to Cozumel Mexico and dive Pelon car Gardens and the Santa Rosa wall would be your best (cheap) intro to nice coral dives."
#67
Torch Coral
4.0
(1)
"Any torch"
#68
Euphyllia
4.0
(1)
"Another euphyllia"
#69
Toadstool Leather
4.0
(1)
"You can start with a toadstool leather, (Xenia, gsp,: which can practically take over the tank), zoas/palys, Kenya tree."
#70
Duncan Coral
4.0
(1)
"A nice octospawn or latge duncan colony."
#71
Red Goni
4.0
(1)
"Red goni."
#72
Euphylia
4.0
(1)
"Euphylia."
#73
Birdsnest
4.0
(1)
"Maybe a birdsnest or a stylo? Something branching could be cool."
#74
Xenia
4.0
(1)
"Xenia or star polyp."
#75
Too Faced
4.0
(1)
"It looks very orange online, but I promise it’s not in person."
#76
Huda Beauty
4.0
(1)
#77
Burt's Bees
4.0
(1)
"Randomly perfect colors."
#78
Acans
4.0
(1)
"Pretty corals that are relatively easy to manage."
#79
Blastomussa
4.0
(1)
"Also relatively easy and provides contrast to your Duncans."
#80
Rock Flower Anemones
4.0
(1)
"They don’t wander around the tank as much and comes in a variety of color morphs."
#81
Goniopora
4.0
(1)
"If you’re looking for more flowing corals, you can put these in another garden area in your tank if you have the space."
#82
Cyphastrea
4.0
(1)
"Maybe a branching cyphastrea?"
#83
Gongs
4.0
(1)
"Gongs are cool too 😎."
#84
AquaSD
1.5
(2)
"Agreed for aquasd, about 6-7 years ago aquasd was legit and got a bunch of great stuff. Now adays I wouldn’t even consider it. Prices are outrageous and the pest problem mentioned"
"Avoid AquaSD, their pictures are VERRRRYY misleading and there have been many posts on reef forums complaining about pests on corals."
#85
Bath and Body Works
3.0
(1)
"BBW PW, on the other hand, smells similar to OC, but a little too sweet."
#86
CoralFish
3.0
(1)
"It's the coralfish 12g tank it doesn't have ro. I has live sand and rocks, a return pump lights and filter."
#87
Blueberry Gorgonian
2.0
(1)
"This is not a recommended coral for most."
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