Top level LPS

[NittyGritty]

Hey reefers! I have a question, what would be your suggestion for LPS that can take higher PAR for the top 1/3 of the tank? I know for the mixed reef guys this is prime for SPS but just wanting to keep to LPS. Heres a pic of the rock. Its a 30" cube tank.

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[that Fish Guy]

I had a Hammer Grow Insanely Fast by Keeping it High Up but Maybe I just Got Lucky?

Most LPS Like Lower Light.

 

[PsychoticBeauty]

IME pretty much any LPS coral can adapt to higher lighting levels just as long as it's moved up slowly. Flow is a different story altogether though.

 

[rt67ghy]

I had some baby hammers which hardly grew for the one year they were on the sand bed but after I put them mid- tank height I can see rapid growth. I think top 1/3 may provide better growth as experienced by that Fish Guy. Also candy cane coral grows well closer to the light.

 

[Scorpius]

Get some easier sps like birdnest or pocillopora.

 

[downset21]

My candy cane coral is up close to the light. I saw a massive candy cane coral at Epcot center that was close to the light as well.


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[NittyGritty]

Candy cane is worth a try, any other suggestions? Thanks!

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[nereefpat]

Hammer as suggested, as well as its other Euphilia relatives.

I have some favia and goniastrea that don't seem to mind being high up in my tank.

 

[downset21]

Top level LPS

It was a frogspawn


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[PsychoticBeauty]

If you are going to put something like a Frogspawn or a Hammer up top like that then you might have to do your water changes from the sump. The tissue of these corals holds a lot of weight and if the water level ever drops down too far it can cause the tissue to rip from the skeleton very easily. Be careful.

 

[NittyGritty]

Good advice

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[Tweaked]

What do you consider higher par? And yes hammers can do amazing at the top.

 

[steallife904]

I have a war coral favia near the top mixed with SPS. I did move it up slowly and it has pretty much decided to be red only.

 

[Tahoe Reefer]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lu79thgvx8l1zfm/2016-06-08 18.26.19.jpg?dl=0

I have cyphastrea encrusted to the top on the tallest point in my tank. It seems to do well, under LED light... no idea what the par is.

 

[PsychoticBeauty]

Something like a Jack O' Lantern Leptoseris would look cool up top like that. This is a fairly undemanding coral and pretty easy to come by.

 

[that Fish Guy]

Something like a Jack O' Lantern Leptoseris would look cool up top like that. This is a fairly undemanding coral and pretty easy to come by.

They are Low Light.

 

[Tweaked]

They are Low Light.

Yep, do great with low light! Deep saturated colors :thumbsup:

 

[PsychoticBeauty]

They are Low Light.

Who says? Like mentioned above pretty much all of the LPS corals out there can adapt to higher lighting given the chance. Put it this way, if a Hammer or a Frogspawn can then there's no reason why a Leptoseris can't. Plain & simple.

 

[that Fish Guy]

Who says? Like mentioned above pretty much all of the LPS corals out there can adapt to higher lighting given the chance. Put it this way, if a Hammer or a Frogspawn can then there's no reason why a Leptoseris can't. Plain & simple.

Who says?

Everybody says!

No, it is not plain and simple.

Corals have different needs.

Not all LPS are the same.

Some may tolerate slow change but there is no guarantee.

Why risk it on a coral that is known to be low light?

 

[that Fish Guy]

IME pretty much any LPS coral can adapt to higher lighting levels just as long as it's moved up slowly. Flow is a different story altogether though.

You have it backwards.

They are more tolerate of flow than light.

How long have you been reefing?

It says you joined Reef Central Last Month.