SPS and Softies Placements
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i have a hammer coral in with my sps left over from a transistion to the sps care. as jsweir noted many people think it can lead to disaster, so i tend to keep a close eye on each of my corals especially those in close proximity to make sure there is no decline in health. but i have seen many who keep both successfully. the main thing is to keep plenty of distance between each coral. min. 6" if not more. and also run carbon. this will help reduce chemical warfare which are common amoung lps.
FSOL
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Well my tank is 6' long and most softies are on the bottom left side of the tank, while most SPS are higher up and on the right side of the tank. I run carbon 24/7 and so far haven't had issues w/ SPS.
Are leathers or other softies damaging to ALL SPS type corals or just acros? I mean, can they make contact w/ a monti cap or a birdsnest? And how do you know or how do you tell when there's warfare going on?
Are leathers or other softies damaging to ALL SPS type corals or just acros? I mean, can they make contact w/ a monti cap or a birdsnest? And how do you know or how do you tell when there's warfare going on?
Justin/TiV
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I read up on this on quite a bit of different threads on here. From what I've gathered running carbon is your best bet if your going to keep lps, sps, and sofies. Though I have to say, after reading as much about this subject as I did. I got rid of almost all my softies and lps. zoos are very toxic... I kept my anthilia that is growing on the side of my tank glass, a ricordia (cause it's the biggest one I've ever seen) and some gsp. as for lps I kept my frogspawn. But keep it very far away from anything, I lost a rose milli frag to it's wrath once. If you haven't had any issues I'd say sounds good. But I don't know long term effects. I got rid of mine cause a friend told me if I did my growth of my sps would take off...
hope I helped some
hope I helped some
I've done all right with a mixed tank, but you have to consider the flow pattern and put the leathers nearest the out-vent and never first on the flow. Don't put sweeper-equipped corals upwind of another at too close a range. If a coral doesn't flourish, look at its neighborhood. Try to consider that leathers and xenia smell bad , and just don't put them where fussier corals have to breathe it, how's that for a metaphor? And if a leather gets in the least annoyed, run carbon. Even the snit-thrower will be happier.
Mariner
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Several of the "Tanks of the Month" here on RC are mixed reefs. It seems to me that most of the successful ones run carbon regularly and change it often.
My 75g mixed reef has everything in it. I've had no big problems so far. The general rule is that you don't want corals touching each other. That said, many softies don't seem to mind much (xenia, zoanthids and mushrooms especially) whereas most stoneys are very sensitive to being touched by anything. And, as was said, anything capable of producing long sweeper tentacles (i.e. most LPS) should be given extra space.
Here' a pic of the right side of my 75g -- it's worked for me so far, but I really think things are too close -- need to thin some out.
Mariner
My 75g mixed reef has everything in it. I've had no big problems so far. The general rule is that you don't want corals touching each other. That said, many softies don't seem to mind much (xenia, zoanthids and mushrooms especially) whereas most stoneys are very sensitive to being touched by anything. And, as was said, anything capable of producing long sweeper tentacles (i.e. most LPS) should be given extra space.
Here' a pic of the right side of my 75g -- it's worked for me so far, but I really think things are too close -- need to thin some out.
Mariner
jdieck
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I think a mixed tank works well if you avoid agresive softies and keep proper separation for LPS.
Some softies or LPS I would not keep in a mixed tank are Sinularias, hydonoporas, Kenya Tree and similar. Sarcopythons might be OK the issue is they need lots of space as they will grow fasT and large.
OK will be Xenias (keep them rounded with some shells you can remove to keep them tripped, some zooanthids and GSP if contained by rubble, shells or sand, mushrooms, ricordeas, heliophoras, open brains, caulastreas, organ pipe (Clavularia), Alveoporas, Euphylias (Frogspawn), ancoras, fotosynthetic gonioporas and such.
Some softies or LPS I would not keep in a mixed tank are Sinularias, hydonoporas, Kenya Tree and similar. Sarcopythons might be OK the issue is they need lots of space as they will grow fasT and large.
OK will be Xenias (keep them rounded with some shells you can remove to keep them tripped, some zooanthids and GSP if contained by rubble, shells or sand, mushrooms, ricordeas, heliophoras, open brains, caulastreas, organ pipe (Clavularia), Alveoporas, Euphylias (Frogspawn), ancoras, fotosynthetic gonioporas and such.
drtango
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I've never noticed a problem, everybody seems to get along. The sarcophyton is growing around/in the monti cap, and a table acro is right next to it as well, sometimes they touch depending on the current.
I run ozone, maybe it oxidizes the supposed "nasties". I also skim heavily and have high flow.
John
I run ozone, maybe it oxidizes the supposed "nasties". I also skim heavily and have high flow.
John
