Suggestions high light high flow

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I have a high spot in my rock work that has been difficult to place corals on. I tried a chalice and it seemed good for a couple of weeks then bleached out on me. I've tried zoas and they survive, but colors look terrible. I have a green slimer just below this particular rock and it is doing great. My competition grow out coral (acro of some kind) was there for weeks, then partially bleached out. The spot is directly under my Hydra52 LED's and right in the stream of the Maxspect XF-150 gyre. It's the highest flow, highest light area in my tank....also seems like a prominent display point so I'd like to have something awesome right there.

Suggestions?

 

[sethsolomon]

Chalices are not hight light high flow. They are low to medium light and lower flow. red planet or a millie of some kind would be a good option.

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I'll check with Matt and see if he's got some Red Planet left.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Can you dim the %?on your whites?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

May has a colony for sure

 

[sethsolomon]

Can you dim the %?on your whites?

+1

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

The whites max out at 56%, my concern with dimming the whites was getting enough light to the sand bed.

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

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[sethsolomon]

What corals do you have on your sand?

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I suppose I was speaking generally to the lower 1/3 of the aquarium. But now that I look at it 75% of my corals are down low in that 1/3...so maybe the whites are just too strong. Maybe I'll start to slowly back it off....

 

[SynDen]

+1 to millis, they love high flow high light spots and also agree, to try and turn down the whites a bit

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I put the light on coral acclimation mode, reduced all colors by 35% for a couple of weeks. I just added some new stuff, so I might try something in the "burn zone" and see if it helps. But I'll slowly move the corals higher in the tank...

 

[Luke.Fraizer]

If he didn't have any red planet I have several frags available.