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[Cleaner.]

im loookin for any sticks that would do well with not so perfect water,,any ideas folks ?

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

im loookin for any sticks that would do well with not so perfect water,,any ideas folks ?

Most are very picky. Personally I wouldn't try it if your not confident in your water quality...

 

[DancingShark]

Stylos and pocillopora.
What do you mean by not so perfect water?
I know some of the easier corals will do polyp bailout and spread around your tank.

 

[Hemmdog]

What do you mean not perfect? What are your parameters and what lighting do you use? How old is the tank?

 

[PatW]

I find birds nests and montipora are pretty forgiving. And there are certain strains of acropora that have been around awhile and are pretty tolerant. I would try some of the easy montipora, stylopora, pocillipora and birds nests. Once you get that established, you can try some easy acropora.

 

[phixman]

SPS will likely die in any of these scenarios:

New system ( used new dry rock, system is less than about 1.5 years old)
Salinity, tempt: high, low, swings
Alk, Calc: swings, high, low
Bad light spectrum
Nitrates, phosphates: swings, high,low

Your system needs to be stable. It doesn't matter if they are easy sps or not, they will RTN & STN and die. I had 10k + in sps and when I set up my new system, I used dry new rock, and lost 99% of all my sps. It was my first upgrade, and learned from my mistakes.

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Get that water quality in check, learn to keep it stable, weekly water testing. Then you can start with easy sps.