Suggest coral placement locations

[RokleM]

One of the hardest things I've found in this hobby is attempting to find the correct placement for certain corals. Give me a guess on where you think they would best be placed.

These have been about 12" under a 175 MH frag light, and will be going into my 180 here shortly. The 180 has dual 400w Lumen Max 2's with 400 watt Hamilton's (have two Radium bulbs as well).

Orange Montipora Digitata
Purple Digitata
Acropora Valida
Acorpora Nana
Purple Capricornis
Hydnophora

 

[RokleM]

Nobody? It doesn't have to be the "scientific exact" answer. If you have one of these and has done well, let me know where it is.

 

[Leopardshark]

Acros would go higher and montis lower as they need less light.
I think you need some live rock to innoculate those dead corals.
I would use the radiums instead of the hamiltons.
HTH
Mark

 

[RokleM]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7706026#post7706026 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Leopardshark
Acros would go higher and montis lower as they need less light.

Thanks, that's kind of what I was thinking. What about the Purple Capricornis and Hydnophora?

I don't understand this statement:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7706026#post7706026 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Leopardshark
I think you need some live rock to innoculate those dead corals.

Are you referring to the rock? All the darker pieces are live rock, and it's seeded with water and sand from my 10 month 58. It's not tied into the sump/setup of that tank yet, but will be in a couple of months once I feel it's "safe" (the 180 is running isolated with it's own sump currently).


On the bulbs, being a new MH guy (my beautiful 58 is all T5's), they seemed almost way too bright for me. As well, a few local guys have had problems with massive bleaching due to the __extreme__ PAR the Radium's put out. I figured I'd try something calmer like the Hamilton's, and work up to the Radium's in the future after all my beginner SPS frags take off and are doing well. That way I would have a gague to go from if things go wrong. Thoughts?

 

[Leopardshark]

IMHO Radiums will make corals grow faster and look more colorful than with Hamis.
Purple rim capri needs more light than other montis.
Mark

 

[RokleM]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7706201#post7706201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Leopardshark
IMHO Radiums will make corals grow faster and look more colorful than with Hamis.
Purple rim capri needs more light than other montis.
Mark

Now that I'm more use to the MH, I may throw them back in for a few days to see how it looks. My T5's are bright, but I'm not use to the open top

 

[sparks56]

keep the hydno to himself ' its a killer