swimmatte March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 I've been doing a ton of reading regarding the proper placement of certain corals and seem to find different answers all over the place. So WAMAS, what's your opinion on the placement of the following corals when it comes to lighting and flow. I'm running two Kessil a150w 15,000k's about 5" from the water surface. Lobo Frogspawn Superman Monti Grinch Monti Green Birdsnest GSP Trumpets Xenia Anemone Zoas Dragon Soul Favia Thanks in advance!
surf&turf March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 (edited) Start everything on the bottom of the tank, and slowly work your light loving corals to the top. Mainly SPS. Edited March 22, 2013 by surf&turf
swimmatte March 22, 2013 Author March 22, 2013 Right now pretty much everything except the Xenia and Anemone are down low and have been there for almost a week or more. I guess my question would be, should any of the corals I listed stay low? Which should go higher? Which should be in the middle? Here is my original plan: Lobo- Floor Frogspawn- Low Superman Monti- Middle Grinch Monti- Middle Green Birdsnest- High GSP- Middle Trumpets- Middle Xenia- Middle Anemone- Middle (or wherever he ends up) Zoas- Low, Middle, High Dragon Soul Favia- Middle Also, should any of these be in low flow?
newtoreef March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 Your plan looks good to me. Maybe try your anemone on the low part. Zoas can be pretty much anywhere however the love high flow and dirty water.
swimmatte March 22, 2013 Author March 22, 2013 Cool. Thanks! Now, when I rescaped my tank today my Anemone ended up on the backside of my bridge. Can I move him? Or should I just leave him be?
sachabballi reef March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 Leave him be...he will move around until happy... Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
onux20 March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 (edited) Be careful withthe xenia and Right now pretty much everything except the Xenia and Anemone are down low and have been there for almost a week or more. I guess my question would be, should any of the corals I listed stay low? Which should go higher? Which should be in the middle? Here is my original plan: Lobo- Floor Frogspawn- Low Superman Monti- Middle Grinch Monti- Middle Green Birdsnest- High GSP- Middle Trumpets- Middle Xenia- Middle Anemone- Middle (or wherever he ends up) Zoas- Low, Middle, High Dragon Soul Favia- Middle Also, should any of these be in low flow? Be careful with the xenia. Most recommend they be kept on their own rock island as they will spread to and potentially cover all of your rockwork. Also, take in to account your montis. If they are the plating variety, they will shade out the area beneath them. So you may want to mount lower. Edited March 22, 2013 by onux20
Jason Rhoads March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 I second the advice re: the Xenia. They will grow upward quickly if they are not at the top already. Placing them at the top of rockwork will slow their spread somewhat, but they will eventually move downward in search of new territory.
sachabballi reef March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 I made both those mistakes when I first started I put the montipora too high and shaded too much space below and the Xenia right in the middle of live rock and it spread like weeds same thing with GSP Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
swimmatte March 22, 2013 Author March 22, 2013 I second the advice re: the Xenia. They will grow upward quickly if they are not at the top already. Placing them at the top of rockwork will slow their spread somewhat, but they will eventually move downward in search of new territory. I currently have them in an area that I would not be too concerned with growth wise. I made both those mistakes when I first started I put the montipora too high and shaded too much space below and the Xenia right in the middle of live rock and it spread like weeds same thing with GSP Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 I have a single small rock (maybe 4"x4"x4") separate from the rest of the rock work in the front of my tank that has the GSP. My thoughts were to allow this rock to overgrow with GSP. Unfortunately I can't get a camera to take a decent pic of the tank but as soon as I do I'll post one. Thanks guys (and gal)!
YHSublime March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 Just keep moving till you find the magic spot for all of them.
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