HIGH light SPS corals ?

[eskymick]

I'm wondering which SPS corals are most tolerant and/or most in need of very high light.

I have one 20k 400w Radium lamp in a Hamilton Cozumel Sun pendant lighting my 36" x 36" x 24"h reef.

The lamp and the pendant give me great lighting coverage; however, the area directly under the lamp seems to get too much light. The bulb is about 14" above the water and the highest point of the live rock structure is about 12" below the water line. Any coral I place in the center of the reef get's bleached, or at least semi-bleached.

Can anyone recommend an SPS coral which would do best placed in this VERY high light environment?

 

[seminolecpa]

I have everything from stags to deep water high up under 2 400W Radiums (with luminarc reflectors) and I don't have any problems. The key is to acclimate what you are going to put there gradually and insure you have good water movement. If you take any coral (even one that likes high light) from a lower light area or a tank with lesser lighting and blast it directly under a 400W you are likely to have bleaching issues.

Lights are just above where you see the overflows in the back

 

[reefinder]

that is a beautiful tank, very nice.