Can I put Acropora and Chalice in my tank?

I am getting a new tank and would like to put both acropora and chalice in it.

It is a 110 gallon acrylic with
-563 watts t-5 lighting
-2 korlia 1200 gph powerheads and also 1 samller koralia.

Will I be able to do this?

 

Yes. Keep in mind those are completely different spectrum of corals The acro will like higher flow and high lighting, so up top with that one.
Chalice's like lower lighting and low to moderate flow, so keep it near the sand against the rock structure.

 

Okay thanks.
Will the acropora floorish or will it just simply "stay alive?"

 

Depends on how well you keep it You got plenty of lighting for it, but SPS are real finicky, there is a lot more to that game than just lighting. Raising everything else is like driving a Chevy Blazer. Your about to get behind the wheel of a Ferrari
Stay on top of phosphates and nitrates. They need to be as close to 0 as possible. Keep your CA/MG/dKH levels in line along with those, and it will do well.

 

Hope Pack doesn't mind me adding temperature - bleaching in SPS can occur very quickly if the temp gets to high

Steve

 

My tank stays at a constant 78.3 degrees.
Is that sufficient?

 

IMO - yes no problem - I know one member on here with a nice tank full of SPS who runs his tank at 81

Steve

 

Yep. Normal reef params basically, just with a much narrower room for margin. Screw up and you will know I kept my 38 at about 79-80 and they always did fine. I keep my 200 co0ler, at about 77-78, and they do well in that also.

 

Be careful with sps like acroporas in newly established reef tanks. In all honestly, I would wait at least 4 weeks up to 2 months before adding sps to a new tank.

I keep a challice and about I dunno, 15 at least kinds of sps (acropora, millepora, montipora, 4 types of seritopia) in my 90g.

 

Acros are fairly passive, but one thing to remember when mixing a lot of corals with specially SPS is if your not running carbon, start. It will help negate any possible chemical warfare that might take place.