Bali Green/Purple Slimer - how hardy?

[PotatoPig]

I think I'm getting a handle on my LPS (nicely inflated, good flesh coverage, growing, splitting… they all seem happy) and now looking for things to fill out the top of my tank where the PAR is kinda at the upper limits for what I have.

So am tentatively looking at these as a candidate but have not kept SPS before so was wondering what the care/difficulty level of these was.

I see a fair amount indicating that they’re relatively hardy and fast growing, but wasn’t sure what the benchmark for that difficulty was…

 

[Lavey29]

Try that, a stylo or a monti digi as first tester corals for 3 or 4 months. Not very expensive.

 

[PotatoPig]

Try that, a stylo or a monti digi as first tester corals for 3 or 4 months. Not very expensive.

Thank you for the suggestions, I didn’t know of/hadn’t considered those before and both look like nice candidates

 

[PotatoPig]

Try that, a stylo or a monti digi as first tester corals for 3 or 4 months. Not very expensive.

Went with a baby Stylo that’s in there now testing the waters. So far all polyps have been open since almost immediately after I added it, which I’m tentatively taking as a good sign.

 

[Lavey29]

Went with a baby Stylo that’s in there now testing the waters. So far all polyps have been open since almost immediately after I added it, which I’m tentatively taking as a good sign.

Nice, at least 250 par?

 

[PotatoPig]

Nice, at least 250 par?

About 180 - this is what the LFS keeps these in in their tanks. Plan to slowly ramp it up over the next couple of weeks.

 

[bakbay]

The Green Slimer (or other staghorns) is very hardy but the Purple Stylo is pretty much indestructible. It survived alk swings, tank crashes, and Covid. It will likely survive a few waves of zombie apocalypse as well!

 

[Lavey29]

Don't be discouraged if the first ones don't establish. I tried a few at 10 months that didn't make it. After a year my tank went through an evolution and became very stable and predictable. I began add SPS frags. I added 38 frags with complete success into colonies and mini colonies now so you will get there with focus on stability and good all around parameters.