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ok so my tank has a now right to left because my plan to split the flow failed and now my one rock is a high flow rock and i’m wondering on what lps i can put it’s a really low spot on my reef as well so low light any help would be nice
 

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ok so my tank has a now right to left because my plan to split the flow failed and now my one rock is a high flow rock and i’m wondering on what lps i can put it’s a really low spot on my reef as well so low light any help would be nice
Pics? Indirect flow or direct flow
 
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Pics? Indirect flow or direct flow
right in the middle of that rock and it’s not direct flow but it was to much for my duncan

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Cyphastrea is a really nice entrusting sps low light high flow. Mine is growing 50-75par
 

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yea i’m too scared of sps so i probably won’t do that
Buy a low dollar one. They will do fine they are less demanding sps. A slower grower. You will do fine. They where my fist sps. My buddy calls up and says hey these arnt doing well let's see how they do in your tank. They are thriving and mine tank at the time was all softies. Nothing better than a freindy nudge.

Low light and high flow Cyphastrea is the way to go.
 
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Buy a low dollar one. They will do fine they are less demanding sps. A slower grower. You will do fine. They where my fist sps. My buddy calls up and says hey these arnt doing well let's see how they do in your tank. They are thriving and mine tank at the time was all softies. Nothing better than a freindy nudge.

Low light and high flow Cyphastrea is the way to go.
yea i’ll look at it for a bit i’m probably just gonna go with some more lps
 

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Any way to show the flow in that area? You’d be surprised at how much flow hammers and frogspawns can take when it’s not direct flow.

I had my frogspawn in a very high flow area of my tank for a few weeks while I messed with my flow for sps and it was the biggest it’s ever gotten.
 
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Any way to show the flow in that area? You’d be surprised at how much flow hammers and frogspawns can take when it’s not direct flow.

I had my frogspawn in a very high flow area of my tank for a few weeks while I messed with my flow for sps and it was the biggest it’s ever gotten.
it’s pretty strong direct flow and i was thinking about those but it’s turning out i’m going to be filling the top half of my tank with frogspawn and hammers
 

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+1 for Cyphastrea.
That stuff is bulletproof.
Some beautiful varieties out there too.
I wouldn't get too hung up on a piece being categorized as "SPS" or "LPS"
There are some very hardy "SPS" corals out there. Cyphastrea among them.
If it is in direct, laminar flow, I don't think any "fleshy" coral is going to tolerate it well.
 
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+1 for Cyphastrea.
That stuff is bulletproof.
Some beautiful varieties out there too.
I wouldn't get too hung up on a piece being categorized as "SPS" or "LPS"
There are some very hardy "SPS" corals out there. Cyphastrea among them.
If it is in direct, laminar flow, I don't think any "fleshy" coral is going to tolerate it well.
ok i’ll have to look it up and i recently put a random flow generator on it so it’s kinda randomly flow now
 

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Favias are a good choice for higher flow area.

But with that structure I would probably put a zoa garden in there.
 

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