ready for SPS...or am I?

[daniella3d]

I have tons of soft, LSP and SPS together and no one bother anyone.

You are probably more ready than I was when I first started with little frags of sps. I did not thought they would survive because I had a PC light and they did get brownish in color but they survived. I have a coral that was given to me the size of a little green pea 9 months ago and now it's the size of a tennis ball and with full glory color under my 250 watt 14k metal halide.

When I started with sps I did not test for calcium or did not dose anything. I did not even do many water change, just once per month. Did not lose a single sps.

I have xenia, mushroom, kenya tree, ricordea, duncan, dendro, frogspaw, hammer, clove polyps, zoanthids, palythoas and all doing well with my SPS. SPS are acropora, pociliopora, montipora digitata and cap, birdnest pink and yellow and a few others that I am not sure of the name.

I say go for it, but don't buy large and expensive colonie at first, just buy little frag like I did...as they grown fast

250w x 3 mH at 14k will be absolutely awesome for SPS..it's the best for coral growth and color. 20k will slow down the growth.

Personaly I have more problem keeping zoanthids healthy than SPS. I find SPS very hardy and easy to care for...my easiest coral so far.

Originally Posted by ickmagnet

So, my new pump for my calcium reactor should be in a few days. I have my pH controller all ready to go. I returned to RODI use as of about a month ago. I plan on running a mixed reef tank and wanted to add a few SPS pieces to compliment my soft coral tank.

I heard that there are some hard and soft corals that do not get along. Does anyone have a list of any particularly mean soft corals that may kill off my SPS? I do have a devil's hand and I heard that one might be a bad one. If this is a badone, I guess I have a Devil's Hand for sale/trade. I have some leathers, a bunch of zoanthids, a galaxy, a frogspawn, a few others, and a clam.

Also, can anyone suggest some easy SPS to keep?

[soapy]

My tank is not all that clean or setup perfectly. And although I havent tried a ton of SPS here are some of the ones that have grown well for me: Green slimer acro, orange monti cap, pink S. Hystrix birds nest, and blue tip stag.

[ickmagnet]

Very envious of you guys.

I will try another piece or two and see what happens.

Thanks

[Lance]

Try a frag of Poccillipora. I find that stuff nearly indestructible; spreads like a weed.