Is it possible to keep sps in a softie tank?

[Uroplatus]

Agreeed with all that was said above , I have digi in primarily softie tank and it’s growing fast, when it was touching the GSP tho it was dying lol had to move over an inch

I’ve looked at your tank and always have been amazed. How did you get it to grow in so well? Xenia will not grow

 

[Uroplatus]

Digi are really a fantastic sps. Purple, green ,reds and loads of inbetween you can't go wrong. Will give you a feel of acros with a hardier sps

How much can you expect to pay?

 

[sfin52]

I’ve looked at your tank and always have been amazed. How did you get it to grow in so well? Xenia will not grow

Xenia is funny that way. It will grow like weeds in some tanks and just melt in others even if the conditions are very similar in each system

 

[sfin52]

How much can you expect to pay?

$10-20 for a frag. If your in a local group you maybe able to trade or get clippings at a very reasonable price.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Xenia is funny that way. It will grow like weeds in some tanks and just melt in others even if the conditions are very similar in each system

First Xenia frag melted , second frag took over my tank lol
But honestly I think Xenia likes a lot of nutrients like 20ppm nitrate Atleast

 

[Uroplatus]

Xenia is funny that way. It will grow like weeds in some tanks and just melt in others even if the conditions are very similar in each system

I keep Anthelia and it does well

 

[Spare time]

I have a mixed reef and use the sps as wavebreakers for my lower flow lps and softies which works out well. Flow is the most difficult part of mastering in a mixed reef

 

[Uroplatus]

First Xenia frag melted , second frag took over my tank lol
But honestly I think Xenia likes a lot of nutrients like 20ppm nitrate Atleast

Do you use ro water?

 

[Uroplatus]

$10-20 for a frag. If your in a local group you maybe able to trade or get clippings at a very reasonable price.

I’m not a part of any group, I was looking at Tidal Gardens but they seem expensive for what you get

 

[dvgyfresh]

Do you use ro water?

Yess only rodi , I don’t do waterchanges as well to keep my nutrients up plus I’m lazy. My tank was new when it melted , now I can’t get rid of it fast enough

 

[Uroplatus]

First Xenia frag melted , second frag took over my tank lol
But honestly I think Xenia likes a lot of nutrients like 20ppm nitrate Atleast

Do you dose anything?

 

[dvgyfresh]

Do you dose anything?

Yes I run my modified reef moonshiners method , I dose cal alk mg and trace elements. I used to have to dose nitrate and phosphate but not anymore. My top off water has kalk

 

[Uroplatus]

Yess only rodi , I don’t do waterchanges as well to keep my nutrients up plus I’m lazy. My tank was new when it melted , now I can’t get rid of it fast enough

I use tap water because I’m in a power chair and it’s much easier to go to the sink… Have you found an rodi unit that doesn’t waste a ton of water?

 

[dvgyfresh]

I use tap water because I’m in a power chair and it’s much easier to go to the sink… Have you found an rodi unit that doesn’t waste a ton of water?

If you have to use tap I would add cuprisorb and poly filter if you have a sump , I don’t have a unit because apartment, I get my water from lfs

 

[Uroplatus]

Looks pretty bad in this picture

 

[muzikalmatt]

I've had great success with stylophora in my mostly softie tank, and my green slimer is doing pretty well also except for my bicolor blenny constantly picking at it. :mad:

 

[Uroplatus]

If you have to use tap I would add cuprisorb and poly filter if you have a sump , I don’t have a unit because apartment, I get my water from lfs

I have poly filter

 

[dvgyfresh]

Honestly it doesn’t look bad I see happy and open corals , jus t need to get rid of cyano , how’s the flow looking/ surface agitation?

 

[Uroplatus]

If you have to use tap I would add cuprisorb and poly filter if you have a sump , I don’t have a unit because apartment, I get my water from lfs

I couldn’t grow coralline until I started using tap water

 

[reefz]

Yes actually its recommended that you start the hobby with softies, then move your way up to lps then sps. My tank is mixed with softies, lps, and alot of sps. The fastest growing beginner sps in my experience is red monti. Just don't jump the gun and buy a bunch of sps before you know you can actually grow them properly. Good luck.