Some Montis can take more light than others?

[Spkarim]

I have a few encrusting montis that appear to be bleaching a bit while their neighbors are growing well, as is the rest of the tank, including acros.

The green one at top and reddish lower one are losing color on the very tops, while the branching digitata are doing well.

I’m wondering whether I should turn down my lights at bit. It’s a 300w vipar led running at 100% blue and 30% white, running like this for months. Other things are growing well, so I don’t want to change much.

 

[Spieg]

Yes some montipora do better with less light than others. In general, I think encrusting species need a little less than plating/branching types. I have the same light (listed as 300W but actually only uses about 220W with both channels at 100%). I'm only running it at 50% blue and 15% white and even that is a bit much for some of my coral (had to move birdsnest to the corner of the tank because it was bleaching).