Looking for a second opinion

That's a tough one to just look at and give you advice on. Besides just going off the general lighting and flow guidelines for coral species its mostly going to take some time of watching your tank to see how everything reacts in it.


Rock placement - First question is do you like it? That's really all that matters. Have plenty of clearance near the glass for cleaning. Fairly open structure for good flow, as well as plenty of room for fish to swim. Are you getting any dead spots of flow caused by the rockwork. If you are you may want to change the flow a little bit, or if there is a dead spot accumulating detritus that's in an easy to get to spot just make sure to clean it out frequently. How are the rocks lit up? Blasted directly with light, or on the edges of the lighting? This will be another thing that would effect coral placement.


Coral placement - This one is probably going to take the most work to see what works best in your particular tank with your particular coral. Some corals seem to do fine almost anywhere you put them, others are very picky about lighting and flow. The internet is full of very general guidelines for lighting and flow. Use those for initial placement of your coral. Then watch the tank for a couple weeks to see how the coral reacts. If the coral doesn't seem happy move it around a little bit and watch again. Make sure you leave room for the coral to grow and spread. If the coral lets out feeder tentacles it may need extra room so it doesn't sting its neighbor. Another tool that could help with placement is the club par meter. Use that to get a better idea of the light intensity at different parts of the tank.