Help with placement

[gar732]

I'm just stating to get into sps and have a few frags on my frag rack that I want to get into the tank. The only thing is I'm not sure where to put them. I have a mixed reef with T5 lighting so I'm planning on putting them up top but I'm not sure how the stuff I have grows. I've got a pink birds nest, green slimer, ora scripps green staghorn, ora red planet, a green acro of some sort, and a few different color monti caps. For example, I know the red planet is a tabling acro so should I put it off the side of a rock vs on the very top? I know some people move them around untill the corals are happy, but I'd have to glue them to get them to stay.

 

[gar732]

No advice, not even a link?:squigglemouth:

 

[Paul_N]

With sps you can place them in different places and get different results like color or in the case of monti caps the shape. Every cap I have up high just grows out horizontally but when I see other people place them in lower light areas the start growing up and cupping reaching for the light. I have the red planet up high on a frag rack and I get more green than red.

 

[Paul_N]

I also have two birdsnest and have one on the sand and the other literally 3 inches from the surface of the water under 250w 14k MH. They both grow but the one up high has greater polyp extension.

 

[gar732]

Thats good stuff on the caps, I'll have to try that, thanks. I have the birds nest up high and also has good PE.

 

[H@rry]

The pink B/N will probably need a lot of light to hold it's pink color.