Which corals thrive with high nutrients?

[Porcupine Reefer]

Hey guys so which corals thrive in high nitrates. Been wanting to have a reef despite my nutrients, any ideas?

 

[Miami Reef]

How high are they? Many corals can tolerate higher nutrients. There are easy and inexpensive ways to lower them too, if need be.

 

[FrugalReefer]

I’ve seen all corals thrive in high nutrients.

 

[Uncle99]

Most softies ok with higher nutrient levels, but, within reason.
Leathers,GSP and Xenia are some common examples.

 

[Porcupine Reefer]

How high are they? Many corals can tolerate higher nutrients. There are easy and inexpensive ways to lower them too, if need be.

50 nitrates and 0.5 phosphate

 

[pandaparties]

50 nitrates and 0.5 phosphate

I've had thriving acros/gonis/torches with nitrates as high as 300! I've always noticed I have issues when my phosphates get above .4 though

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Interesting thread!

 

[Troylee]

50 nitrates and 0.5 phosphate

Those numbers are fine… almost preferred any more lol..

 

[FishTruck]

Running 40 on nitrates and .2 to .4 on phosphates, SPS.

Trying to lower these numbers a bit for a year (20 and .1 are my goal) ... but the corals seem totally fine and I am starting to wonder if I should just let it be 40 .4.

Some have said that tanks with high flow, high light run better with higher nutrients. Perhaps this is true in my case.

 

[vlangel]

I have a mixed reef, (more softies than anything) but all my coral seem to like the high nutrients. I have a lot of ornamental macroalgae so that helps protect my tank from runaway nuisance algae since the macroalgae outcompetes gha and such.

My nitrates have been as high as 50 ppm and are never lower than 30 ppm. My phosphates are 1ppm and I am sure that my macroalgae are utilizing those phosphates so it works in my tank.