Pipefish & SPS Corals...

[jamesvishiou]

I was wondering if you can keep SPS corals with pipefish, even though they say you can't keep banded pipefish with corals with stinging cells.
Do SPS corals have the stinging cells?

 

[reef_dart21]

the pipefish will be in heaven they love branching coral to hang around and no most sps dont sting
lps is what u have to watch out for they tend to sting as well as anemonee

 

[jamesvishiou]

yeah i know about the LPS. im not really interested in them though. I cant remember if Xenia can give a mild sting. I know that polyps and some leathers do.

 

[jamesvishiou]

I was thinking about setting up a 75 gallon reef / planted tank with the SPS at the back top with Reef Optix 3 Plus HQI
Pendant Reflector by Sunlight Supply where the SPS are and near the middle / front will have the Xenia and Tridanca clams and caulerpa and maidens hair plants in the sand with 36" 2x96W Coralife Aqualight Power Compact Retro Kit 1x Actinic & 1x 10,000K*. How does that sound. I will start to do this around Christmas time. Maybe I will put pics up...Hopefully.
the fish will be:
2 Banded Pipefish
2 Janss Pipefish
1 Aligator Pipe
3 Striped Shrimpfish
invert are:
1 yellow Cuke
4 Berghia Nudibranches
10 Bumblebee Snails
Plants:
Grape Caulerpa
Caulerpa Prolifera
Maidens Hair Plant
Corals:
1 Deep Sea Yellow Gorg
SPS corals
Xenia
about 80 pounds of branch live rock
about 1'' of live sand

 

[reef_dart21]

stick with pipefish of the same species

 

[jamesvishiou]

will the different species fight?
which ones should i keep then?
I kind of want the banded instead.