Hydnophora Questions

[Brit’s Fish]

Hi All! I’m mostly looking for some info here… I got a couple of really pretty Hydnophora frags on a great Black Friday deal and they seem very happy in my tank thus far. I had done some research, but admittedly probably not enough.
I have a mostly LPS tank (almost a year old) and my nutrients are on the higher side but very stable - 25ish NO3 and .27-.3 PO4.
My questions are these - I’ve seen a lot of conflicting info. Are Hydnophora LPS or SPS? Do they like high or low light? I know they like quite a bit of flow.
I’ve seen different sites call them both LPS and SPS and most websites have said they like high light (250-300 PAR). A friend who owns a few types says they like lower light around 75 PAR and any higher makes them unhappy.
I have my frags on a rack right now, about midway up in my tank, off to the side, as I know they’re aggressive but I’d like to mount them somewhere. One small piece of the branching one even broke off in shipping and I glued it to another plug and both have healed amazingly fast. They look very fluffy and are getting a pretty good amount of flow.
If you own any Hydnophora frags/colonies, what’s been your experience?

Edit: please ignore the angry torch and dirty glass… I have two tanks next to each other and I let this side get a little dirtier before cleaning so the fish don’t just stare at each other all day! Lol

 

[TnFishwater98]

-SPS
-High Light
- Sporadic medium flow
-Feed filter feeder food

 

[TnFishwater98]

-SPS
-High Light
- Sporadic medium flow
-Feed filter feeder food

I do read it’s a SPS / LPS hybrid. But either way medium high——>high light with medium flow.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi All! I’m mostly looking for some info here… I got a couple of really pretty Hydnophora frags on a great Black Friday deal and they seem very happy in my tank thus far. I had done some research, but admittedly probably not enough.
I have a mostly LPS tank (almost a year old) and my nutrients are on the higher side but very stable - 25ish NO3 and .27-.3 PO4.
My questions are these - I’ve seen a lot of conflicting info. Are Hydnophora LPS or SPS? Do they like high or low light? I know they like quite a bit of flow.
I’ve seen different sites call them both LPS and SPS and most websites have said they like high light (250-300 PAR). A friend who owns a few types says they like lower light around 75 PAR and any higher makes them unhappy.
I have my frags on a rack right now, about midway up in my tank, off to the side, as I know they’re aggressive but I’d like to mount them somewhere. One small piece of the branching one even broke off in shipping and I glued it to another plug and both have healed amazingly fast. They look very fluffy and are getting a pretty good amount of flow.
If you own any Hydnophora frags/colonies, what’s been your experience?

Edit: please ignore the angry torch and dirty glass… I have two tanks next to each other and I let this side get a little dirtier before cleaning so the fish don’t just stare at each other all day! Lol

Add a pouch of Chemipure blue to safely lower phosphate and keep it in check. Chemipure Elite will lower quicker
Hydno is very forgiving and and best under moderate light and water flow conditions

 

[Brit’s Fish]

I do read it’s a SPS / LPS hybrid. But either way medium high——>high light with medium flow.

Thank you! I kinda panicked because I don’t feel ready for SPS but this might be the coral that gives me a little confidence then. No one can quite decide what it is it seems. Either way, they’re so pretty!

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Add a pouch of Chemipure blue to safely lower phosphate and keep it in check. Chemipure Elite will lower quicker
Hydno is very forgiving and and best under moderate light and water flow conditions

Thank you!!

 

[Reef and Dive]

SPS or LPS: whatever, many say LPS, but there is no such scientific definition neither formal classification

Light; whatever, I’ve kept under 70 PAR and under 300 PAR

Flow: probably medium or high

They are easy, some are very very beautiful, they are VERY aggressive with surroundings.