easiest sps to keep?

[evil_monkey]

what is the easiest sps, what would be needed to keep it?

I'm upgrading to a 46 soon and need a little info.


thanks

 

[evil_monkey]

anyone?

 

[Sk8r]

Poci's. Pocillipora damicornis---it's a fast grower, and very tough, lower light, about like a frogspawn: they repair their own dings. The montiporas are very forgivingb, and after them, I'd put ac. valida, which isn't a fast grower. Oh---and ac. yongei---the green bali slimer, which is a great learner's sps: it will slime if annoyed, so you know where you stand with that one; but it likes light. I enjoy a mix of the sps/lps, because sps don't change too fast...Sps're going to like metal halide best: I use a 250 in a 52 gallon corner. You may be able to get by with less, but the coloration may not be all you could wish with anything other than mh. I did use the actinic/high output fluorescent once, for about 5 years, but I can't say we ever kept sps. It was barely adequate for lps, and we did fine with some of those. Sps was not a possibility in those dinosaur days. Good luck with the notion---I enjoy mine, no question.

 

[fishdoc11]

Tank raised Montipora digitata and capricornis are pretty hard to beat for first ones to try. Here is something to browse through as far as info.....particularly the threads started in the second post by JBNY.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=421812

hth, Chris

 

[Maxxumless]

Captive bread Digitata Montipora Coral IME has been very easy to keep, even under PCs (3x65w + 1x96w) though it is not as colorful as ones under my MHs.

 

[evil_monkey]

can you show me a pic of Digitata Montipora

 

[fishdoc11]

M. digitata

M. capricornis

Thos are actually two of the first sps I purchased as small frags several years ago. They have both been fragged many, many times

Chris

 

[an-sps]

montis are the easiet and can grow like weeds

 

[an-sps]

heres a pic of mine
green monti about the size of a dinner plate

 

[concept3]

And, they come in different colors too........

 

[evil_monkey]

how demanding are they for lighting?

do the branching monti come in different colors?

 

[concept3]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7224381#post7224381 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by evil_monkey
how demanding are they for lighting?

do the branching monti come in different colors?

They require low/moderate lighting, but then most of us stickheads have halides.

and YES, the branch types come in:
green
purple
yellow
blue
etc etc

 

[evil_monkey]

nice I will have to find some of the branching monti's.

I got a frag of monti cap today from one of the guys in my local reef club, its brown with green polyps, very nice.

does any one know what a frag of the branching monti's should run?

thanks

 

[woodywoo]

I would say Pocillipora too.

 

[JimBob Schmidt]

A frag of monti digita (branching) shouldn't cost more than 10 or 15 bucks(for green or orange) since they arre fast growers and are commonly avalible.

 

[15nano]

Montipora digitata and capricornis both very easy and fairly fast growers.

 

[MLCT]

I am fairly new to sps also and added 5 frags of monti caps about a month ago or less that I got from a local freind. They have already begun encrusting on the rocks and have probably grown at least 1/4 inch around the edges. They seem to be very easy to keep.
Good luck.

 

[Cody Ray]

Has anyone kept stylophora? Are they more like pocillopora or acropora care wise?