Coral food

[Jonthefishguy]

Soft corals and SPS corals DO NOT eat the same thing so providing food for them both is essential.

Soft corals eat PHYTOPLANKTON (plant like food) and SPS corals eat ZOOPLANKTON (meaty food).

It is not a good idea to keep both soft and SPS corals in the same tank. The reason behind this is the fact that soft corals can be more aggressive than SPS corals can. They tend to release pheromones in the water that is meant to kill off other corals that softs feel as a possible threat. Although certain SPS corals can be aggressive as well, many times they lose the battle when up against soft. A preventative measure is to:

1) Keep softs and hard far away from each other and be sure to consider the fact that depending on the species of soft, they can grow fast and lean over and touch a nearby coral.

2) Keep a carbon sock in your system in the event that your softies release the pheromones.

3) Keep softs above the SPS so that if the softs do grow, they will not directly harm whats below them.

Hope this helps.....