I have a 1 head candy cane coral. So far that's the only LPS in my tank (12 gal) I am hopefulling going to LFS tomorrow and I want to get either a frogspawn or an acan. My calcium is 460, could I get both, or should I get one and wait a bit and test calcium to see the levels?
calcium for LPS ?
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Ca is fine. I have both sps and lps and run my levels at about 410-420ppm. But keep testing to make sure it doesn't drop below 380ppm. Ideally you want to average between 380-450ppm. A little above is fine, just not below if possible.
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Depending on what salt mix you use, I'd monitor alkalinity and if you do not need alkalinity, you will not need calcium (or magnesium) unless you used a salt mix that started on the low end of calcium (like normal Instant Ocean) or use lower than 35 ppt salinity. 
