LPS for up in the rock work...suggestions?

[Myka]

It seems like most LPS want to be in the sand. Do people usually put LPS in the sand, and then put SPS up in the rocks, or are there actually a bunch of LPS that like being in the rockwork?

I was thinking of buying a branching version of frogspawn, and may torch as well. Can they go up in the rockwork? I'm going to try a small Montipora digitata as well. I NEED SOME COLOR!!! Hahaha! I don't even have much green...imagine that!

Suggestions on LPS that can go in my rock work would be great! I have T5 HO lighting. The top of my rock work is about 6-7" away from the T5 bulbs. Currently I have:

Candy Cane - on rock work
Fox - on sand
Open Brain - on sand
Bubble - on sand
Xenia - on rock work

Cheers!

 

[chrisstie]

euphyllia can do fine on rock work just make sure whichever kind you get - frog, hammer, etc- you don't put it so close right away that it bleaches.

montipora is SPS and will love being so close to light

 

[Sk8r]

euphyllia, frog and hammer/can touch each other, mild sting. No long sweepers. Torch, also euphyllia, but hot. Of the more tolerant sps'es: Montiporas, definitely, monti cap likes being a ledge. Pocillopora likes being in rocks.

 

[dendro982]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9293772#post9293772 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
euphyllia, frog and hammer/can touch each other, mild sting. No long sweepers.

Mmmm, mine don't like neighbours, and have elongated tentacles sometimes - up to 2".
Almost all my LPS are on the rockwork, including branching hammers and frogspawn, no problem. Touch each other without any visible side effects:

 

[chrisstie]

^^ those are euphyllia and demonstrate what i was trying to articulate but suck at it

 

[reefdna]

The only real advantage to sticking your LPS's in sand is light being able to reach all parts of it. As you move them inot the rockwork invariably one side will be on the "shadowed" side of the coral. No problems though as most corals will adapt to it by growing longer on the bottom side. I have actually rotated corals over the years to help shorter heads catch up. I have mine all over the rock work as well as the sand.

Ed C