Which of your Zoo or Paly's love high light, high tank placement?

[Fcamdog]

Title says most of it. I know every coral likes different areas of a tank depending on a lot of different factors, but zoo's/paly's do you have that thrive high up in the tank?

What kind of lighting do you run? Can you briefly describe your set-up and kindly post a pic of the coral you're talking about?

I'm looking for something that will do better high in my tank where I have a ledge that is bare right now. The area gets good flow in my 20g and I'm running 2x55w PC. Thanks a ton folks,

Fcamdog

 

[steely185]

African blue steels have done better for me in high light. They were under a 150 watt MH.

 

[Timanator]

I'm betting my money on a very high percentage can be acclimated to high light!

 

[DaKineReef]

I also have a 20g nano and all my zoas sit on top of a ledge or on frag racks up high with the exception of my Grandis frag which is at the bottom on the sand bed. This is temporary till I get my 75g cycled as a mixed reef tank. Right now the zoas sit under a 70watt viper clipon and 24watt actinic supplement.

Ike

 

[suliaman007]

at one point I had almost every zoa/paly frag on a frag rack about 4" from my lights. I have 6x39w t5's. all of them had great color and growth.

I did the same when I had 2x250 mh with 2x110 vho actinics. my frags exploded and the colors were as good as they ever were.

 

[zoadude]

NG, PH, Armors, LOR, Eagle Eyes, Raptors, Mohawks, Sunny D Rainbows, Tubs, Nightmares just to name a few. These types usually need high light from the start to retain color.
14K MH/T5 actinic

 

[JuliusJames]

All my zoas are about 8" from my lights (2x250w mh) except for my purple deaths. They tend to turn brown with high lighting but grows pretty good. I have about 40+ types of zoas. just acclimate them from lower to high light slowly. Colors are more intense and growth is great for 90% of them.

 

[650-IS350]

except for my purple deaths. They tend to turn brown with high lighting but grows pretty good :thumbsup:

just acclimate them from lower to high light slowly. :thumbsup:

 

[650-IS350]

except for my purple deaths. They tend to turn brown with high lighting but grows pretty good :thumbsup:

just acclimate them from lower to high light slowly. :thumbsup:

 

[ksanmamaril]

I love PD's but they only tend to stay purple under like a shady area. i tried moving them out from under the rock and turned maroon almost instantly. its on the sand too... how do i acclimate it slowly. i've had it for like 5 mos already

 

[650-IS350]

PD's generally don't like too much light. Just for example of a PD just getting the right amount of shad and light.

Side shot, not a TOP DOWN, For more real reference of what you see looking at the tank not looking from the top of it. This is the actual color I see when I look at the front of the tank to view it, and not have to look from the top down to get that color.

I took it off that spot and now has the brown with purple/violet tinge.

 

[ksanmamaril]

yeah when i look through the tank its just a maroon looking color -_-