Good afternoon Reefers,
A couple of days ago I bought a beautiful stylophora. (It looks less pretty in the pictures, because I'm currently running a blackout against cyano that started to pop-up after moving my tank and I only turned on the lights for the photo's.)
Anyhow, I placed it down and was then wondering about a few things. I read that stylo's like medium to high light. My light is currently medium - low, but if needed I can always add a reflector. (Which I'm not doing so far because of the cyano.)
However I would like to ask your advice about the flow and the placement. I wondered if I placed it down correctly. The way it is currently placed is the same way that I got it at the LFS. The LFS suggested that I could saw off the 'legs' that it is mounted on, but I thought that the way it looks right now is pretty cool, seeing at it looks a bit like a tree when all the polyps are open. The question is however, what do you think about the way it's mounted?
My second question is why I'm really making this topic. I currently only have flow from my in-tank skimmer (Tunze 9004) and the Nanostream 6020 that you see mounted in the corner. (660G/h powerhead)
Do you think that my stylo would appreciate more flow? I'm considering to place down a Nanostream 6015 (475G/h) next to it, which has a more traditional flow pattern as well.
Hopefully that will keep away the cyano away a bit more as well, as the cyano is trying to climb onto the stylophora.
I'd appreciate hearing your views!
A couple of days ago I bought a beautiful stylophora. (It looks less pretty in the pictures, because I'm currently running a blackout against cyano that started to pop-up after moving my tank and I only turned on the lights for the photo's.)
Anyhow, I placed it down and was then wondering about a few things. I read that stylo's like medium to high light. My light is currently medium - low, but if needed I can always add a reflector. (Which I'm not doing so far because of the cyano.)
However I would like to ask your advice about the flow and the placement. I wondered if I placed it down correctly. The way it is currently placed is the same way that I got it at the LFS. The LFS suggested that I could saw off the 'legs' that it is mounted on, but I thought that the way it looks right now is pretty cool, seeing at it looks a bit like a tree when all the polyps are open. The question is however, what do you think about the way it's mounted?
My second question is why I'm really making this topic. I currently only have flow from my in-tank skimmer (Tunze 9004) and the Nanostream 6020 that you see mounted in the corner. (660G/h powerhead)
Do you think that my stylo would appreciate more flow? I'm considering to place down a Nanostream 6015 (475G/h) next to it, which has a more traditional flow pattern as well.
Hopefully that will keep away the cyano away a bit more as well, as the cyano is trying to climb onto the stylophora.
I'd appreciate hearing your views!
