200 par lps coral

[Tyler Flynn]

What are some corals that will handle 200 par with moderate to lower flow? I’ve got a spot in the middle of my tank that is too low for acros, but too high for a lot of lps.
Duncans? I’m not into fleshy meat corals. Prefer flowy lps

Would a stylo coral up nicely there with the lower flow?

i already gave 3 types of birdsnest in other areas.

 

[Nick Steele]

Any euphyllia should do fine in that range. I have hammer/frog and octospawn all in about 175ish range in my tank.

 

[Tyler Flynn]

Any euphyllia should do fine in that range. I have hammer/frog and octospawn all in about 175ish range in my tank.

I seem to struggle with hammers. No idea why. Icp test came back clean, lighting isn’t insanely high, flow is manageable.
i have a huge torch colony, and a small frogspawn colony that thrive, but hammers seem to shrivel and die

 

[MaxTremors]

Duncanopsammia peltata, formerly Turbinaria peltata, are a cup coral with large Duncan-like polyps. Mine is in around 200PAR and doing great. It’s sort of plating/cupping but also flowy. Mine is a really pretty mint green, but they come in a couple different colors.

 

[mfinn]

I have torch corals, hammers, frogspawn, and duncans in that much par.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

I have a hammer colony that's blasted with 400+ par and moderately high turbulent flow it's happy as can be. The parent colony it came from was in a similar par level and flow for at least 10 years.

 

[smittysmith]

I have a hammer colony that's blasted with 400+ par and moderately high turbulent flow it's happy as can be. The parent colony it came from was in a similar par level and flow for at least 10 years.

Yeah my torch’s, hammers, and frogspawns love it surprisingly

 

[encrustingacro]

Most LPS corals can handle SPS-level par; they just need to he acclimated. I've seen many "low/medium-light" LPS like Dipsastraea, Euphyllia/Fimbriaphyllia, Goniopora, and even Trachyphyllia in intertidal habitats and subtidal reefs. Lighting requirements/preferences can vary between species and genera though. Branching hammers and frogspawns tend to be more deep-reef/mesophotic corals, while wall hammers and frogspawns can occur as shallow as ~1 meter. Leptoseris tends to be exclusively mesophotic, while Pachyseris's habitat ranges from silty intertidal habitats to mesophotic reefs. Coelastrea are very common on intertidal and subtidal reefs in Western Australia, and massive corals like Platygyra and Gonipora can form micro-atolls in shallow, intertidal reefs. I've even seen Lobophyllia and Caulastrea in shallow habitats in Singapore.

 

[C. Eymann]

You can easily keep some species of acros and Montis in 200 par as long as they are getting decent flow, some acros like PC rainbow/ A. convexa show their best coloration in lower light. Also some of the "dragon type" acros like subglabra, walindii, carduus etc etc will tolerate lower lighting and will also be more forgiving to lower flow due to their morphology.

 

[encrustingacro]

You can easily keep some species of acros and Montis in 200 par as long as they are getting decent flow, some acros like PC rainbow/ A. convexa show their best coloration in lower light. Also some of the "dragon type" acros like subglabra, walindii, carduus etc etc will tolerate lower lighting and will also be more forgiving to lower flow due to their morphology.

I think OP said LPS.

 

[RedReefer]

At 200 par you should be able to keep most LPS. No problem

 

[C. Eymann]

I think OP said LPS.

OP: "I’ve got a spot in the middle of my tank that is too low for acros, but too high for a lot of lps."

I was just informing them that their choices weren't as limited as OP thought they were and that many different types of SPS can thrive in that spot if OP wanted to place an SPS coral in the spot they described.

 

[encrustingacro]

OP: "I’ve got a spot in the middle of my tank that is too low for acros, but too high for a lot of lps."

I was just informing them that their choices weren't as limited as OP thought they were and that many different types of SPS can thrive in that spot if OP wanted to place an SPS coral in the spot they described.

ah, I see.