Beach Bum's optimal placement?

Maximus · Mar 5, 2016

I just a received a small frag of the Beach Bum monti and was wondering what the optimal placement is? Does it prefer high light? I am running a 400 watt Radium 20k and a pair of Reefbrite xho actinic led's. It's been sitting at the bottom of my 16" tall tank for almost 2 weeks now and I'm wondering if I should move it up? Thanks guys!

hybridazn · Mar 5, 2016

When I had it under radions it loved being blasted with light. In my 180 gallon I had it in the top half of the tank. Since I switched back to halides I found it grows best and has best colors just sitting on the sandbed.

Maximus · Mar 5, 2016

Interesting observation. How tall is your tank and which halides do you use? Thanks dude.

hybridazn · Mar 5, 2016

24" tall 250w 20k radiums on galaxy select a watt ballasts (hqi setting)

Apisto · Mar 5, 2016

Half way up, if you have a combo of MH/LED

Sang, let's see a pic of your frag and, for that matter, a pic of hybridazn's colony!!
I have mine on the ground and it has pretty vibrant color, but is still small.

hybridazn · Mar 5, 2016

Mine sadly has been chopped up to aboutique a 3/4" frag again. I've used it in trades to rebuild my tank haha.

Here is a pic before I chopped it. I got it from jason a couple weeks after he released it.

Maximus · Mar 6, 2016

Oh shoot, forgot about this thread! I'll see if I can take a pic and will post it.

Maximus · Mar 6, 2016

Apisto said:
Half way up, if you have a combo of MH/LED

Sang, let's see a pic of your frag and, for that matter, a pic of hybridazn's colony!!
I have mine on the ground and it has pretty vibrant color, but is still small.

Which lights are you running? Any pics of yours? Mine is also small (1/2" or so) but it looks nice!

Maximus · Mar 6, 2016

Here's a crappy iPhone pic of it. My halide and LED's wash out the pic:

Apisto · Mar 6, 2016

Maximus said:
Which lights are you running? Any pics of yours? Mine is also small (1/2" or so) but it looks nice!

I am running a Geissman fixture with the 250 metal halide, 4 T5s and 2 XHO reefbrites 1 foot above a 14" deep tank.

Mine is about an inch to an inch and a half and is pretty bright. I have it on the ground, But as you can tell by my lighting, it still gets pretty good light.