Purple Haze Coral

Some one is willing to trade damsels for purple haze coral. Now the question is..
I have a biocube 29, only been running for a month and a week or 2.
I am using the stock lighting, will the stock lighting support this coral?
Oh by the way this is the picture and the ad from craiglist.

Looking for Free Damsels to cycle new tank. Will trade for frag

 

Purple monti's require fairly intense lighting to keep their bright colors. You will have a hard time with the stock lighting unless you put it up very high.

EDIT: I mean put the corals up very high in the tank close to the lighting

 

mm..i see. Thanks

 

personally I don't think your tank would be ready for sps. Not stable enough yet

 

I would not try an SPS this early in the game...good luck...
Danny

 

is that a sps coral? What does sps mean exactly.

 

SPS means small polyps stony. There are basically 3 main types of corals, soft, lps (large polyp stony) and sps (small polyp stony). Most lps and soft corals make good beginner corals. They are generally hardy, have nice color, and grow easily in the home aquarium. They can also tolerate a wider range of water parameters. SPS corals tend to be more difficult in that they are generally more sensitive to parameter changes and generally require higher levels of lighting. However, monitpora are some of the hardier species of sps corals and are good sps corals to start with. You could most likely house this coral, but it's color would most likely fade and it's growth would most likely be slow. I would wait until you have a more established tank and better lighting.