How do you know where to place certain SPS?

[bignick]

Hi,

I have been in the SPS scene for only a few months but in those few months i have seen growth and SPS grow into each other and battle as i call with one surviving and one not. So my question is how do you know where to place your corals so that they will grow and intertwine with other corals like in the wild and in some of the tanks that i have seen.

I know for the most part that same family corals like humilis can touch each other and that you can merge two different types of Monti Caps together with no adverse side affects but how do you know? As of right now i keep all of my corals seperated unless i know what they are. Then and only then will i let them be near each other.

So how do you know where to place your coral? Is there a book,or a website.....????

[twon8]

trial and error

i put my sps wherever i can find room.

[ReefRockerLive]

When I buy an acro, I usually consider the kind of light they where under. If the acro was under 250w MH then I'll place him up high, if I get lucky and find space. ;)

[bignick]

I am running 400w 20k bulbs over my 210 so i can basically place them anywhere in the tank but basically it sounds like you place them where ever you have room and if all goes well they won't have any problems.

[surfnvb7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11174770#post11174770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
trial and error

i put my sps wherever i can find room.

+1

[acrodave]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11174770#post11174770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
trial and error

i put my sps wherever i can find room.


Thats how i do it

[Sparkss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11174770#post11174770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
trial and error

i put my sps wherever i can find room.

ditto. Just watch them and move them up or down depending on how they react to their current location (E: down if their tips are bleaching or up if after months they have not colored up or you see recession at their bases, etc)

[teen]

yup. just give them some space to get going. after that they're on their own.

lol, you think its hard finding room in a 210? try finding room in a 30 gallon.

[Philwd]

I try and give them 6" space to the next coral. Don't always succeed. After that it depends on how they grow and color up. Attach to small/medium pieces of rubble so you can move around easily.