mounting acros horizontal vs. vertical

[tracereefer]

Has anyone found a significant benefit related to mounting acros on the plug/rock horizontal vs. vertical? like the 2 acros on the front of the rack in the pic. any noticeable differences?

 

[Acrofiend]

According to this study there’s a higher chance of survival with horizontally mounted vs. vertically mounted frags. Though the vertically mounted frags seemed to grow faster.

Coral transplantation on a multilevel substrate of Artificial Patch Reefs: effect of fixing methods on the growth rate of two Acropora species | Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity