where to place branch frogspawn/hammer

[professorbadnews]

just cant seem to find the right spot for it. high, low, mid. directly under the high light or off to the side? how much water flow? low, med, high? how do you even know what is low, med, or high??? where do you all keep it?

thanks
joe

 

[panmanmatt]

What type of lighting and flow do you have?

I keep my frogspawn on the sandbed under 2x65w PC lighting. The flow is just enough that is gently sways but isn't being blown around.

They like moderate lighting and low to moderate flow.

 

[Hawkeye]

agreed - low to moderate flow and direct light is not necessary...

 

[professorbadnews]

i have metal halide and power compact lights. should i place it lower?

thanks guys

 

[panmanmatt]

I would say in the lower 1/3 of the tank should be fine.

 

[monsterfishkeeper]

It seems(to me) that the closer to the lights they are, the faster they grow. Low flow, I had to move my hammer after a whole head was blown off the skeleton.

 

[mladencovic]

I placed my frogspawn and anchor in shade and in corners where there is very little flow. They really don't like high flow. And they can have a nice growth without too much light.

 

[MikeNapoli]

I have mine off to the side about 5 inches below a Koralia. Lower flow and sorta shaded.

 

[chase33]

I have the branches of my frogspawn in the sandbed about 25" below 175w MH & VHO's. They do seem to do better is low to med flow areas. Growth has been fine.

 

[KennyZush]

I have had success placing frogspawn in all areas of the tank under VHO and T5, but the thing to watch is current...Too much and the heads can be blown off.

Kenny Z.

 

[JohnS_323]

We have them in just about every setting in our tank. They're in low flow/low light, high flow/high light, low flow/high light and high flow/low light and they're all doing equally well. It seems like once they settle in to a spot, they thrive.

 

[malulu]

i have 2 big one in my tank, both have about 10+ heads...
one on top (more light - medium flow), one on bottom (low light - low flow)...
and the one on the bottom seems grow *much* faster...

 

[JRWOHLER]

I have mine off to the side about 5 inches below a Koralia. Lower flow and sorta shaded.

I did exactly the same opposite side of the tank good flow above the guy but not direct. Mine is not quite in the middle but I have compacts. It has grown like crazy the last few weeks since I got it at the frag swap.
What are you feeding it if anything?