coral placement

I read that you’re supposed to put Forest Fire Digitata up high with lots of flow and I did that but it seems like the polyps aren’t opening….perhaps too much flow? Where do you put your digitata?

Hello, I am new to reefing and being overwhelmed with the amount of info on which corals can sit next to which and what light and flow each need. Should have done a lot more thinking while I was building my scape. I would like to have a mixed reef with softies, LPS, and eventually SPS. Here...

Hi everyone. I ordered some corals and wanted to see the online worlds take at placement for them. I will attach some pictures of the tank and where I think would best fit them. The return nozzle is about 600 gph flow and the Sow 8 is on W1 at power level 4 so I think its about another 800 gph.

So my trumpet coral has been closed up for some time now. It had its original spot in the sand bed taken over by the rock flower anemone. I moved it about an inch up into the rock and it’s been closed or hasn’t been opening up like it used too. Would anyone have suggestions where I should move...

I glued my Kenya tree in a position where there seems to be to much weight from gravity for it to handle. I just got it and I’m wondering if it will start reaching toward my lights and fix itself? Or should I fix it now? It’s just in a good spot so I’d rather not move it. Btw in the pics I had...

My rock anemone detached from my live rock two nights in a row. The second time it detached, it reattached itself to the glass near the sand bed. I moved it back to the rock but it flattened out, “threw up,” and refused to grab onto the rock. I was convinced it was dead so, after about an hour...

Hello fellow reefers! I have just very excitedly (RIP my wallet) made an online order for some corals that were on sale. I was wondering if I could get some assistance with placement. I bought a Fascination Favia, Bejeweled favia, yellow sub favia (excitement!!) and a meteor show cyphastrea. I...

Strategically designing your zoa garden isn’t talked about enough. Starting my zoa garden was overwhelming because of the amount of color combos and variations out there, and ihad no idea how to go about picking zoas or what would look good together. This technique of applying color theory to...

Hi there! Yesterday a friend of mine dropped by with a couple of coral frags for me. One frag was a kenya tree and the other frag was some sort of cyphastrea. I placed the cyphastrea in the tank but I don't believe its in the right spot. It appears to bleaching! I have a feeling it may be...

Help, I bought too many frags during the JFox Sale live sale last week. The long story, please feel free to skip this part and go straight to the coral section- I upgraded from a 20g AOI to a used RSR 170 a few weeks ago. Cycled the tank in a few days using rock and media from the old tank...

If you can spare some time, I’d love to see your coral placement and aquascapes for some inspiration.

I bought19 corals yesterday from WWC. Assorted zoas, sticks, some chalices.. Honestly, this will be the largest amount of coral I have had to plan for yet.. Should I stick the ones I’m confident in at their forever destination and frag rack the rest or should I rack them all and check the...

Hello! New to the saltwater side of the hobby here I’ve got a 55 gallon tank, with the following: 2 Tunze 6045 power heads 2 AI prime 16hd, running the Saxby preset 2 Snow Onyx Clownfish 12 blue leg hermit crabs 12 astraea snails Green tip hammer Green polyp Duncan Green star polyp that snuck...

Need help with placement of coral we are picking up tomorrow. 1 is sand or flat rocks on sand. Then we go on up to 4 where the most light gets. I don’t have an issue putting coral in the back of the rock structure. I will just post the type of coral rather then full names, if full names would...

I just got this elegance coral and was wondering if this enough room to let him grow out or do I have to rescale my rocks yo have more room on my sand bed the elegance is about 6inches by 7 when expanded and is on glass

I have all these corals coming in tmr morning and I don’t have space in my sand bed to acclimate them all and my elegance will sting other corals next to it any one have a idea of what I should do and where should I put these corals to acclimate.

When I started my second build a few years ago, It made me pretty sad. I couldn’t tell why I thought it was ugly but it just was. With my previous tank, I had this l“aha!” moment one day where I pictured the direction I wanted to go and how I wanted corals to grow in eventually. But with the new...

Hi all, we have noticed a good number of well-kept aquariums that have various hammer colonies touching. We've been keeping ours about 6 inches apart as a precaution, though are interested in trying closer placement if anyone might have advice on how to approach putting different colonies...

I have had a small zoa frag for just over a week now and most of the time it has been closed. I moved the powerhead so it wasn't in the path of the flow a few days ago but it's still closed. There are only two small heads that are partially open. They're out of the main flowstream and partially...

So I have a JBJ45 that's been running for a little over 6 months now and trying to get ideas on corals and placements I can add on with. I'm wanting to add to my reef and honestly pretty open to ideas! I'm planning for the bottom middle to have a clam, just waiting till I really felt...

Hi everyone, so I've found myself kinda in a conundrum and trying to think possible solutions. So I have a frag rack that I've been using to put corals on while acclimating, but a problem I've found is controlling algae growth on the rack itself. Obviously it's too high for crabs, I stick a...

Looking for any coral recommendations that won't grow out of control (GSP, Xenia, etc.) for the back of my rockwork. It's pretty shaded overall and tends to get quite a bit of flow, so I'm really not sure what would be a good coral. Any suggestions would be great!

Hey guys! So I have this nano reef tank (5 gallons) I had for about a year and a half. I got a new blastomussa Merletti, Green Start Polyp and Candy Cane Coral. They don’t seem to be doing that great like the other corals and anemone. I was wondering what can I do to help these three? Did I...

HI ReeftoReef Community, So I was playing around with my 3d Paint to see how I would have my corals after some research. The reason me and my mom got into this is because we like movement in our tank, that is not just fish. It seems the two favorite ones we like GSP & Xenia are very evasive...

Hello all, after adding another piece of rock I noticed a space that perfectly fit my favi coral. I had it in the sand bed before. I know they don’t like too much light. But would it be ok to leave it like this: