Is it possible to keep sps in a softie tank?

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How fast does the Palau nepthea grow?
Went from this older pic to the one posted in over a year. Idk if that’s fast or not. But can b easily fragged rare nepthea I have a colony that no one seem to want. Lol.
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Went from this older pic to the one posted in over a year. Idk if that’s fast or not. But can b easily fragged rare nepthea I have a colony that no one seem to want. Lol.
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I’d happily buy it if you’d ship it
 

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This is my nepthea and a years worth of growth. Bought June 2020 till June 2021. Standard 90g tank.
If you want green digi growth I can get that for you as well.
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Beauty tank .
I’m thinking of replacing the chaeto with Xenia honestly lol
no my build is very budget , I don’t have any dosing pumps, ATO , ect. I top off daily using a jug, and dose a cap full of Kent marine essential elements a week
As you know Xenia is my export machine lol...surprisingly I've managed to keep it under control with different flow, it now gets blasted a bit more from above. It's still happy, but not the spread as was before.
I have a softie tank and would like to add some sps, right now I have a small monti cap frag. Any tips or suggestions on species or type?
Largely softies here, but have a monti that is growing slowly. Had a bird's nest that was doing really well, until I had a temp issue with A/C broken for a few days in summer during a heat wave. It was the one casualty, tank bumped up to 83-84.....I do have quite high Alk at 12 and higher nitrates about 10-15 which perhaps strangely is working for me. Still HEAVY on softie all things told...my lighting also very basic. 2 T5 HO and a Fluval 56 watt LED for programmability....
 

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Beauty tank .

As you know Xenia is my export machine lol...surprisingly I've managed to keep it under control with different flow, it now gets blasted a bit more from above. It's still happy, but not the spread as was before.

Largely softies here, but have a monti that is growing slowly. Had a bird's nest that was doing really well, until I had a temp issue with A/C broken for a few days in summer during a heat wave. It was the one casualty, tank bumped up to 83-84.....I do have quite high Alk at 12 and higher nitrates about 10-15 which perhaps strangely is working for me. Still HEAVY on softie all things told...
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As most know, I only run mixed reefs and while you can add SPS to a softie tank, do realize that LPS and softies do release toxins which may upset the SPS. I alleviate that by running ChemiPure blue or Elite to remove those toxins
 

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As most know, I only run mixed reefs and while you can add SPS to a softie tank, do realize that LPS and softies do release toxins which may upset the SPS. I alleviate that by running ChemiPure blue or Elite to remove those toxins
Activated carbon works well to
 
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This is my nepthea and a years worth of growth. Bought June 2020 till June 2021. Standard 90g tank.
If you want green digi growth I can get that for you as well.
20210603_214110.jpg
20200628_145618.jpg
20200804_202830.jpg
20201019_184141.jpg
20201027_215320.jpg
20210331_220413.jpg
20201226_233352.jpg
20210311_183118.jpg
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20200812_210918.jpg
I’d love that I’d be happy to buy and pay shipping as well
 
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Went from this older pic to the one posted in over a year. Idk if that’s fast or not. But can b easily fragged rare nepthea I have a colony that no one seem to want. Lol.
EBF47516-FE26-4151-82EA-C2C9BD42907D.jpeg
Would you be willing to sell a colony?
 

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