125 lighting question

[scotts]

A2, you might want to edit your post and modify your e-mail address. Something like donsink at charter dot net. There are programs that search message boards for e-mail address and then send you SPAM. I put my e-mail address on here a couple of weeks ago, I even put in NOSPAM in my address and a couple of days later got over 20 SPAM messages. They were all obviously from the same place since I normally don't get SPAM messages. Just trying to help a brother out.
Scott

 

[scotts]

Oh yeah 808 you should be able to keep zoos and mushrooms with that lighting. I have PCs on my 125 and my zoos and shrooms are dong fine. Plus I happen to like them so that helps.
Scott

 

[cbarnes]

I just went through this whole lighting thing in my 90 gallon tank---Bought a Coralite Lunar Aqualite w/ lunars. It has 2 65w 10000k andn 2 65w blue atinic and 3 3/4 w lunars. Found out that I could only keep low light corals in the tank---so here goes what I found I could keep as far as corals go---and anyone please feel free to add input if there are other things I can keep b/c it would be greatly appreciated. No anenomes or polyps. These are the things I can keep:
Tub Coral--Fox Coral--Tube coral---Bullseye shroom---Lavender shroom--Elephant ear shroom--purple shroom--Carnation Tree Coral---Xmas Tree Coral---Hower Tree coral ---Red Finger Gorgonia---orange Tree Gorgonia---Yellow Finger Gorgonia--Red sea fan and of coarse feather dusters.
With my lighting it gives me just over 3w per gallon and I was told I need 4-6w to keep moderate lighting corals. Is this correct? Or can I get away w/ anything else.
Hope this helps and I hope someone can help me
Thanks
CMB

 

[snipe]

I say with only 2.8 watts per gallon you can keep anything that sais low light in the description. No medium light corals for that.

 

[808smokey]

OK,
I bought another light exactly as the 1st one except it's a dual. It's 2x96watts w/lunar.
So that means currently I have 2.304 watts per gallon.
With one dual and one single - 96watts x 3 tubes = 288/125g tank = 2.304 watts...
Is that the correct formula?
I'm getting another dual light in a few weeks, by July hopefully.
With that it will then be 480w/125g = 3.84wpg Is that an acceptable amount of watts for low and moderate lighting corals?
Thanks

 

[snipe]

Right now you have 2.3 watts per gallon total. With the other you will have 3. something per gallon. Its low light corals. For such a big tank you might want to retro the lights. so you can fit more in the same amount of space. When you get to around 5 to 6 watts per gallon you can keep everything except for high lighting corals or inverts.