LPS placement on this rock

[Sharkbait19]

Hi,
A few weeks ago I bought a dry rock for a hammer coral I had. It unfortunately died of BJD, so I wasn’t sure what to do with the rock. Then my pistol shrimp provided the answer by flipping over and burying my lps corals (again), making them close up and get angry. I am aware that they prefer the sandbed, but figured it may be safer to mount them to the rock. They’ve never been successfully stolen yet by the shrimp, but it seems to be a matter of time. The three lps frags in question are a trumpet, blasto, and favia.

Would gluing the three permanently on the rock above be harmful to them or will they adapt? They’ve each gone through a lot of crap (trumpet was once completely covered by palys, hence the small and discolored heads, and the favia and brain have been completely buried, lost, and found multiple times), so are clearly forgiving. The only issue I see is the favia, which is doing well on its frag plug (is sprouting new mouths), and I’d hate to undo that.
Another question has to do with the rock placement. The corals are currently on the right side and I am wondering if the rock can go in a different area with similar lighting and similar flow:

Thanks everyone!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Bump

 

[mdb_talon]

Either area should be fine and attaching to rock makes sense. I would not place favia or blastos in sand generally speaking. While they cant be blasted with light they can do fine with moderate light and the sand is going to be very irritating to them if not raised off of it so it not always getting kicked up on them.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Project complete!

I really like the outcome of this project! All three look much more vibrant in their new spot and I’ll no longer have to fix the pistol shrimp’s mess every morning!