Purple Death and Nuc Green paly placement

[Thisseemsfishy]

How high in the tank should I put them? I have a standard 55g, 4x54 Tek on top about 4 in off the water, Any help or opinions are greatly appreciated.

 

[nanoreef16g]

My tank is 24" deep and lit with LED's. My purple deaths seem to like it pretty low in my tank. Pretty much the bottom. If I place them higher they tend to turn brown, My nuclears like it midway up. Bright and open since day one.

 

[KyleCT]

Good info in the Purple Deaths, mine are doing great and I have a huge colony but they are 3/4 up in my tank and they are brownish, maybe I will lower than a bit and see what happens.

 

[firsttank]

Pd's need to be lower in the tank and that colors them up well. The nuc's can do decent under medium lighting

 

[mroccoralman]

I have an ATI powermodule fixture 6*39 watts and my zoas love it at the botto
my purple hornets popped put one head in two weeks so I recommend the bottom so they don't take over your tank in a few years.

 

[T-Rex]

Bottom is best (especially for the purp's who brown with high light)...I actually have a colony of nuc's and purps together on the bottom of my 150 that have morphed in the middle...half nuc's - half purp death.

 

[bella127]

This what mine looked liked up about 12 inches off the bottom in a 24 inch tank

This is them at the bottom

But I do believe tank parameters affect the color more than anything

 

[bella127]

These were placed as the same as my first pic and you can see the purple starting to change color . This was the same time I was having high phosphate issues.

 

[CarlDelain]

My nuke greens and purple deaths are both on the lowest rock in my tank and have very nice color

 

[SoFloReefer]

Mine are 6 inches from the top in a 12" deep tank. Both look good. The Nukes actually recently put of tons of baby polyps. The PDs have been growing bigger but haven't put out new polyps in a long time. I think they are stunted from my old tank.
BTW, Bella, what camera and lighting are you using? Those shots are excellent!