Coral placement advise

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Hi all,
I am going to move all my current Soft and LPS ( 2 hammer, 1 torch, 1 mushroom, 1 Kenya tree, 2 acans, 3 zoas, 3 small goniopora, 1 bubble anemone, 2 trachys, 1 donut, 1 chalice and 1 small montipora branche) from my nano tanks (30cm cubic) to a new tanks 90x40x40 cm.
I have 2 light combine, 1 Hydra 32 & 1 Mj165 (will update to 32Hd later).
I would love to ask your advise where are the good place to place my corals? I only have 1 wave makers ecp70 placed at left (1 point to the top ưater surface, 1 point toward middle of the front layout. I will place small Wavemaker on the right-behind the layout.
Thank you, below is my tank picture.
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I might recommend getting in some extra rock in there just to give yourself some more options in the future.

That said:

Montipora and bubble anemone up at the top, as far from each other as they can be. Montipora needs good light and flow. Bubble anemone is less picky there, but it will move to find what it considers its best spot. If you place it up high, it's more likely to stay where you place it, and it'll be easier to isolate any splits.

If your hammers are already cohabitating nicely, keep them relatively close to each other. Mid-to-low in your tank, and probably in the center. Use your rock wall to shield them from direct flow from your gyre. Same with the torch, though it can tolerate a little bit more flow.

Zoas... those can go anywhere. Same with mushrooms. Both of them prefer lower light and lower flow, but they tend to be pretty adaptable. Anywhere on the base of your structure would be fine. Shield them from flow if you can.

Kenya tree... again, just about anywhere is fine. They tend to drop frags when they're happy, so it might be wise to put it someplace where you can easily access them and either remove them or attach them to frag plugs. You do want to try to keep it away from high flow.

Gonis should go in the right side of the tank in the sandbed. They like decent but not extreme flow, good but not bright light, and somewhat dirty water. Your trachys and donut corals can also go on the sand bed, they prefer similar conditions.

Acans and chalice should go on the rockwork, somewhat shielded from flow and not exposed to too bright of light.
 
I might recommend getting in some extra rock in there just to give yourself some more options in the future.

That said:

Montipora and bubble anemone up at the top, as far from each other as they can be. Montipora needs good light and flow. Bubble anemone is less picky there, but it will move to find what it considers its best spot. If you place it up high, it's more likely to stay where you place it, and it'll be easier to isolate any splits.

If your hammers are already cohabitating nicely, keep them relatively close to each other. Mid-to-low in your tank, and probably in the center. Use your rock wall to shield them from direct flow from your gyre. Same with the torch, though it can tolerate a little bit more flow.

Zoas... those can go anywhere. Same with mushrooms. Both of them prefer lower light and lower flow, but they tend to be pretty adaptable. Anywhere on the base of your structure would be fine. Shield them from flow if you can.

Kenya tree... again, just about anywhere is fine. They tend to drop frags when they're happy, so it might be wise to put it someplace where you can easily access them and either remove them or attach them to frag plugs. You do want to try to keep it away from high flow.

Gonis should go in the right side of the tank in the sandbed. They like decent but not extreme flow, good but not bright light, and somewhat dirty water. Your trachys and donut corals can also go on the sand bed, they prefer similar conditions.

Acans and chalice should go on the rockwork, somewhat shielded from flow and not exposed to too bright of light.
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Here my tank after moving corals and fish’s . Is there anything need to adjust?
 

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