Coral placement and suggestions?

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Have the following inhabitants. Any suggestions on where I should place or move corals?

Candy cane coral
Zoanthids
Kenya tree leathers
Clove polyps
Micromussa
Duncan coral
Hammer coral
Frogspawn coral

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Me thinks the bubble tip will decide!!!

That said, might be helpful to know what kind of light (PAR readings would be ideal) and flow you are working with. That said:

Candy Cane- I would break it off the plug and glue it where Duncan is
Zoanthids- I would place near the sand, probably that flat rock face on the right
Kenya Tree- on a random rock in the back on the left (think I already see it back there)
Clove Polyps- I would throw away. . .
Micromussa- I keep mine on the bottom, but bottom or middle somewhere should be fine
Duncan- I would break it off the plug and glue it where the Candy Cane is. . .

Top left and right would be good for some sweet SPS corals (circled in red below)

Sorry I got bored so made this:

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Me thinks the bubble tip will decide!!!

That said, might be helpful to know what kind of light (PAR readings would be ideal) and flow you are working with. That said:

Candy Cane- I would break it off the plug and glue it where Duncan is
Zoanthids- I would place near the sand, probably that flat rock face on the right
Kenya Tree- on a random rock in the back on the left (think I already see it back there)
Clove Polyps- I would throw away. . .
Micromussa- I keep mine on the bottom, but bottom or middle somewhere should be fine
Duncan- I would break it off the plug and glue it where the Candy Cane is. . .

Top left and right would be good for some sweet SPS corals (circled in red below)

Sorry I got bored so made this:

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This is freakin amazing! I will definitely take all this into consideration. Do you have any suggestions for beginner friendly sps? Also, I couldn’t help but lol at the clove polyp suggestion.
 

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This is freakin amazing! I will definitely take all this into consideration. Do you have any suggestions for beginner friendly sps? Also, I couldn’t help but lol at the clove polyp suggestion.
Montipora, stylophora, and pocillopora (can spread depending on the species/variety). I think red plating monti is one of the best beginner SPS, but because of it's growth pattern it can shade corals below it so be careful with placement.
 

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Kenya tree and toadstool leathers can take more par than most people think. Plating Monti, birds nest and stylophora as mentioned above are all good beginner sps along with montipora digitata. If you would like some ideas on placement and compatibility check out my tank. This system has been running since last June so it is fairly new. It took moving some things around a few times to find their happy places.
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