LFS sold me an SPS - advice

[RaymondL]

I should have listened to my instincts when I said to the sales person that the coral I was eyeing is an SPS, and asked him that it is right? He said no, that's an LPS - it definitely didn't look like an LPS to me, but perhaps it was retracted as the flow came on. Anyhow, it's a Psammocora (Pumpkin Patch) that I picked up.

My tank is all LPS and some mushrooms and zoas - I don't know where I can place this and I'm assuming it's going to encrust the rock if I place it at a high point in the rockwork, and it might trickle down to the mushrooms, or touch my Frogspawn/Hammers.

It wasn't my intention to get corals that will sting one another...I mean, my LPS are far far away from my soft corals, so I know I"m okay there.

Any suggestions what I can do?

 

[KStatefan]

Most likely Tidal Gardens has a video on the care of it.

I have a green on on an isolated rock at the bottom of my tank. It is slowly encrusting

 

[RaymondL]

Most likely Tidal Gardens has a video on the care of it.

Thanks!! I found it :) My challenge is where to place this coral...I didn't want SPS corals yet, as if I did I would want a separate tank for that type of coral....

 

[Pod_01]

That green coral is Psammocora in my tank:

It is not a fast grower for me but it will encrust and branch (not sure if they all do that). Once it encounters another coral it does fight and I end up with algae growing on the border. Orange Yuma kills it so I suspect mushrooms may be able to keep it under control as well.

I tried few times to grow it on the rear wall but the pieces keep falling off.

From my experience it is durable SPS, one of first corals I got and it is still with me. It tends to bleach out when unhappy and doesn’t RTN/STN like across, there’s warning that something is not right.