To much flow?

[gabesreef]

Hi I’m new to sps, I know they need higher light and flow then LPS and soft corals. I decided to pick up a couple of the “easier pieces” and some are doing good a coupe not great. Please give me some recommendations I’ve placed them in the higher flow and light areas of my tank. My parameters are pretty stable. My alkalinity is 9 calcium 440 and mag around 1450.

General observations:
Is my orange setosa getting to much flow? It’s seems like the side closer to the power head is losing color.

The green acro is half green and half faded. Not getting enough light? Is this normal?

 

[gabesreef]

My tank is 5 foot long by about 22 inches wide and tall. I have 4 hydra 32hds mounted pretty high off the water at about 40 watts. I’m using the my ai saxby lighting preset.

 

[slingfox]

What kind of powerheads do you have and what intensity are they set at? It looks like the green acro is losing color on the side facing away from the light. People add lights bars to provide fill light to reduce this kind of shadowing effect.

 

[gabesreef]

What kind of powerheads do you have and what intensity are they set at? It looks like the green acro is losing color on the side facing away from the light. People add lights bars to provide fill light to reduce this kind of shadowing effect.

I have a gyre style pump on the right hand side for surface agitation and a DMP 40 ecotech style pump on the left side at 30%. That Dmp pump is providing most of the flow it is set to the classic mode which ramps up and down on the lowest power setting (30%)

 

[gabesreef]

Should I move the orange setosa? Is it to much flow? Or is it just not enough light? I’ve had it in that spot for like a month or two and the color has started to fade on that left side:/