montipora under VHO?

[007]

I have 150w of VHO on my 22 gallon reef tank, I have some blank spots which you can read about in the nano forum, but anyway would I be able to keep a monti in there? I would like the scrolling or plating kind versus the digitae.

 

[yosemite sam]

I had a few frags of montipora capricornis, ie a plating kind, in my tank before I upgraded to halides and they did fine. They have colored up more since under halides, but the growth under VHOs was super.

 

[nm reef]

I have heard it can be done...but growth rate and coloration may suffer. I've stayed away from them myself but I sure am looking forward to being able to keep a few types myself.:thinking:

 

[007]

well as of now, I have a pocillopora in there that the monti would be next to and it is growing quite well. I also have a hydnophora . . . it has also shown nice growth.
Any other opinions out there?

 

[jagermeister]

I had digitata and a small capri under 660 watts vho in my 80. I had excellent growth and color.