montipora danae placement questions...

[Anonymous]

I have two...purple and yellow. 175W 10K halides is my lighting. Whereabouts should these guys be?

Thanks in advance.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Fatal Morgana]

I think they are half way between the regular moderate light Montipora and strong light Acropora.

 

[Len]

I've found the more light, the more colorful this species gets. Of course, if it starts to bleach, you know to move it on down

 

[Anonymous]

How deep is your tank?

 

[Anonymous]

How deep is your tank?

180 gallon, Wazz...

Peace,

Chip

 

[Anonymous]

I would not go any deeper than 12-18" from the surface.

 

[Anonymous]

I would not go any deeper than 12-18" from the surface.

Okay. I have the yellow one starting to accumulate some brown algae on it. I'll try and move that up into higher current. The only problem is I can't seem to see any polyp extention at all. All my other monitporas have visible polyps, to the point of being almost fuzzy.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Anonymous]

How long have you had them Chip?
I agree about moving into some stronger current, hopefully not linear.

 

[Anonymous]

How long have you had them Chip?
I agree about moving into some stronger current, hopefully not linear.

Oh, they're new. The problem now is finding some effin' TIME to work on my tank. :?

Hopefully I'll have some time tomorrow. Gotta set up an algae station for the tangs and move some pieces around.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Unarce]

finding some effin' TIME to work on my tank.

Good. 'Cause a man who doesn't spend time with his tank, can never be a real man.

 

[KMC]

I've got blue montipora danae with red polyps, and it's dead center under my 250 watt halides about 6" from the top. It's growing like crazy -- doubled in size (from a 1" frag to a piece that's over 2") in one month and the polyps are very extended and fuzzy. I think this type of montipora does well with pretty intense light.

 

[Anonymous]

I've got that one to, and although not growing quite like KMC's is doing well. I figure generally that brightly colored encrusting species are going to do well under good light and flow.