ppe placement

[kau_cinta_ku]

ok i always read aboy placement for lighting but not alot for flow with PPE's. well 3 monthes ago i got a frag of 2 polyps of PPE and in the 3 monthes they have grown to 4 adults and 1 baby which isn't bad IMO but just wondering what type of flow they like. right now in my 75 gal. they are in the sand with low flow under 2 400 watt xm 20k's. i do have about 700gph from my retun pump, along with 2 tunze 6025's (1 modded) and 1 seio 1100 (open all the way) so that puts me at around 47xturn over as this is more sps tank. any help would be great.

BTW here is a pic.

 

[650-IS350]

IMO- They're perfect where they're at.

 

[cardgenius]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12252269#post12252269 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650
IMO- They're perfect where they're at.

Yep, Id have to agree. They look good and seem to be growing well for you.

 

[john76]

best thing for growth is stability... nice job BTW

You might want to put that frag on to a larger rock so they have something to spread to when they overgrow that frag disk

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

thanks for the input, I was thinking they were growing decent so growth didn't matter much to me. as for the rockhow high do you think i could place them in the tank without them starting to get the white speckles. that is why they have been on the sand bed the whole time cause i am scared of to much light.

here is a full tank shot and as you may see there isn't alot of placed on my rockwork that is flat tward the bottom.

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

sorry here is a recent pic. of where all my corals are placed now.

 

[650-IS350]

lower in the rockwork as possible.

 

[john76]

I mean put a flat rock(or as small as you can find) under them. Check through the rubble tanks at any lfs and you should be able to find a suitable peice.

 

[JeffReef]

Good growth considering how slow these zoos are. I started off with three polyps about a year ago and now I just have two! I grew a fourth polyp after the 3rd month but lost 2 polyps since then.


I have several nicer zoos and have no problem with growth but I find PPEs difficult to propagate.

 

[crookedantler]

They look happy where they are for now.I agree w/john,put a flat rock under them so when they spread more,they have somewhere to go.