Scoly Reqs

[Circleofdocs]

So I really want a Scoly..... What do I need to know? Flow, lighting, feeding care etc

Thanks

Also color presences....

 

[LAKEM0NSTER]

They're usually placed low in moderate-low flow & medium lighting. Also they benefit from feeding, which takes a couple minutes as far as I know; may need to be covered somehow if you've got shrimps or anything that may be able to snatch a free meal.

Someone else with more exp. with scolys should chime in on this one.

 

[scapes]

lake nailed it on the head

 

[Typlus5]

As stated above plus...they'll eat most anything meaty from cyclopeeze to krill. I've seen 2 liter bottles cut in half placed over them to protect while feeding but if they're healthy they eat quick enough where I just stand gaurd with the turkey baster and "shoo" any of the fish, shrimp, hermit scavengers away.
Overall, not a difficult coral to keep...its the expense of them that makes us leary.

 

[Dazed1]

Another aspect that you're forgetting, they're expensive with the right colors

 

[droth335]

As stated above plus...they'll eat most anything meaty from cyclopeeze to krill. I've seen 2 liter bottles cut in half placed over them to protect while feeding but if they're healthy they eat quick enough where I just stand gaurd with the turkey baster and "shoo" any of the fish, shrimp, hermit scavengers away.
Overall, not a difficult coral to keep...its the expense of them that makes us leary.

I feed all of our lps (3 scoly's, 3 plates, trumpet, 2 candycanes & 3 euphylia) with the lights out so the fish leave them alone and then bribe our cleaner shrimp with a piece of krill so he will also leave them alone. Works pretty well as they scarf it down in just a couple of minutes.

 

[Circleofdocs]

I am confused... I have seen scoly in tanks with sps... Confused now

 

[LAKEM0NSTER]

I am confused... I have seen scoly in tanks with sps... Confused now

You'd be alright with having a scolymia with SPS as far as I know..As long as there's some room in between them.

Where'd the confusion come from?

 

[ozzy31]

they are really easy to care fore i have a really large red one that has snaged some of my fish at night,not imperetive to feed them. keep on the bottom low to moderate flow

 

[ir_danno22]

I am confused... I have seen scoly in tanks with sps... Confused now

As I read, they don't have long sweeper tentacles that sting the corals around it. df

 

[Typlus5]

Another aspect that you're forgetting, they're expensive with the right colors

I think they are more expensive with the right colors...meaning they are all expensive. Cheapest I've seen for the blandest of scolys was $150.

I read the OP's SPS comment from a flow perspective. I have high flow but most tanks with have a protected cove or a less turbulent area with moderate light...perfect spot for your scoly.

 

[Dazed1]

I think they are more expensive with the right colors...meaning they are all expensive. Cheapest I've seen for the blandest of scolys was $150.

I read the OP's SPS comment from a flow perspective. I have high flow but most tanks with have a protected cove or a less turbulent area with moderate light...perfect spot for your scoly.

Guess you guys in FL get get them more expensive. The cheapest here is around $100. The ultra grades are around $150.