HUGE question on playing nice !!!

lanshark · 02/17/2010, 11:35 PM

Have 175g mixed reef tank. As I'm thrilled to have some of my first sps coral (Millie or Acropora, Montipora showing growth.

I had this idea of picking up a few sps pieces and going frag happy, aka SPS heaven.... That was until my commercial source of coral tells me some of the non-sps corals (LPS, ZOA's, etc.), and really all things secreting toxins will cause the death of my sps....

Well, I will be the first to say I'm not very educated in the compatibility of all these animals fish and non-fish.

One thing I know, at this time I do not want an all sps tank.
What I really want is an understandable compatibility chart of all non-fish animals... Has anyone put together such a thing? Like an X/Y chart?

On the flip side, if there is a smaller instance of what should not and cannot be put together from say, SPS, LPS, ZOA's, MUSHROOM families, that would be awesome. Otherwise, it's gonna get expensive. Thanks!

Toddrtrex · 02/17/2010, 11:44 PM

I would mainly be worried about "leather" soft corals --- those seem to be the ones that cause the most issues -- as far as chemical warfare goes.

I would stay away from mushrooms, mainly because of their explosive growth.

02/17/2010, 11:35 PM	#1
lanshark It's Landshark, aka SNL Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 359	HUGE question on playing nice !!! Have 175g mixed reef tank. As I'm thrilled to have some of my first sps coral (Millie or Acropora, Montipora showing growth. I had this idea of picking up a few sps pieces and going frag happy, aka SPS heaven.... That was until my commercial source of coral tells me some of the non-sps corals (LPS, ZOA's, etc.), and really all things secreting toxins will cause the death of my sps.... Well, I will be the first to say I'm not very educated in the compatibility of all these animals fish and non-fish. One thing I know, at this time I do not want an all sps tank. What I really want is an understandable compatibility chart of all non-fish animals... Has anyone put together such a thing? Like an X/Y chart? On the flip side, if there is a smaller instance of what should not and cannot be put together from say, SPS, LPS, ZOA's, MUSHROOM families, that would be awesome. Otherwise, it's gonna get expensive. Thanks! __________________ "Live for tomorrow, yesterday is forever gone ..." Current Tank Info: Mixed Reef 66"x24"x22", 20g Sump/refugium 20g In-line Grow Out tank

02/17/2010, 11:44 PM	#2
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	I would mainly be worried about "leather" soft corals --- those seem to be the ones that cause the most issues -- as far as chemical warfare goes. I would stay away from mushrooms, mainly because of their explosive growth. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef