SPS placement in 24" Height

[tc2007]

I have a 24" tall tank and a Radion XR30W Pro about 8" from the water surface. I am going to get some SPS frags, Stylos, Bird's Nest, Bird Of Paradise etc. Can I place them near bottom of the tank with high flow? Or near the top?

The Radion is at 45% intensity at noon time (peak).

 

[CoralNerd]

I have my stylo's up top and current running the radions at 65% soon to go up to 75%.

 

[Wiskey]

Here is where I have my SPS and the related PAR numbers. Frankly I'd rather be closer to 600 at the top, but I'm working on acclimating to higher light. My birdsnest toward the bottom frankly had better color in lower light, but once it grows a little and shadows itself it will do fantastic.

You can see more about my setup including growth shots here:
http://whiskey.xj42.com

Whiskey

 

[rovster]

My tank is only 19" high but I have acros growing on the bottom. I have G2 pros 12" AWL at 55%.

 

[DaveRaz]

Here is where I have my SPS and the related PAR numbers. Frankly I'd rather be closer to 600 at the top, but I'm working on acclimating to higher light. My birdsnest toward the bottom frankly had better color in lower light, but once it grows a little and shadows itself it will do fantastic.

You can see more about my setup including growth shots here:
http://whiskey.xj42.com

Whiskey

I really liked your website. Good stuff. I'm running T5 with kessils to supplement. No idea my par but most corals are able to grow low.

 

[Wiskey]

I really liked your website. Good stuff. I'm running T5 with kessils to supplement. No idea my par but most corals are able to grow low.

Thanks Dave! It was allot of fun putting that site together. I can't wait to do a 1 year timelapse video of the tank growing, that is the end goal of the mounted camera. I'm loving the T5 LED combo, it's efficient and gives a very wide spectrum of light.

Whiskey

 

[m0nkie]

I have 8 bulbs dimmable ATI running at 8" above my tank. Tank itself is 24" deep.

stylo, birdnest are all around the bottom. ~200 PAR zone.. main reason is because I'm out of room, but birdnests / red dragon acros grow well at low lights. My flow is very strong with a Gyre at 80% and MP40QD at 80%

When I had Kessils, I had to place all SPS, including birdnest at around halfway point or higher.. anything below grows brown.