High up corals

[Dan7575]

Hi all,

I have added my first corals to the tank and have a green polyp leather, torch, goniopora, Tracey and a zoa. I am trying to choose my next ones but any that I read up on seem to say to put them low away from the light. This though makes me think so which ones are high up on all the pictures of tanks I see?

 

[doodledreads]

Some zoas can tolerate quite high lights when properly acclimated. Sps like birds nest and montipora would be a good choice, again, slowly acclimate them to high lights.

 

[Dan7575]

Being a beginner I was looking to avoid the sps corals as not sure if they would be too hard to keep?

 

[doodledreads]

Being a beginner I was looking to avoid the sps corals as not sure if they would be too hard to keep?

I hear ya. Not all SPS are that demanding though. But if you want to stay away from them, there are still some options. Favia, trumpet coral, palythoa etc comes to mind, I mostly keep zoas on the higher part of the tank as they color up very nice.

What are you using for lighting? You can acclimate most corals to higher light very slowly over several weeks.

 

[Dan7575]

Ah maybe I’ll save a couple of spaces for sps then. I have an aqua one tank and the lights have a white and blue light, the website says they are

Lighting:54W LED

so I should start all new ones at a low level and move them up maybe an inch every day or so?

 

[doodledreads]

Well, there is no exact rule, but yes, start at lower levels and move them up slowly. Look at the coral and it will tell you if it is unhappy or loving it. This is all assuming your water parameters are stable and in normal ranges.

 

[Dan7575]

Thanks for that, I’ll look into those corals

 

[VA5]

Also depends on what light you have. I have radions and they can cook an acro.
I have found Zoe’s , palys and especially Favia to be low level, mid if weak lighting.
Pavona and many serisota (birds nest etc) are easy high light corals
Euphilla although preferring lower light also tolerated high lights well

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Thanks for that, I’ll look into those corals

I just started dabbling into SPS recently since having an all LPS tank. I picked a few easier varieties and they honestly are growing like weeds. I have them very high on my scape and really enjoy them. Have a couple montis that encrust insanely fast and just added a birds nest and stylo. I've found these to be very hardy and look great