6 hours of natural sunlight enough for sps corals and clams?

[coral keeper]

Is 6 hours of natural sunlight enough for sps corals and clams?

 

[rick2203]

if your going to use sunlight for your tank get ready to battle algea pretty much everyday, sunlight=algea factory

 

[noah's nemo]

Originally Posted by rick2203
http:///forum/post/2751443
if your going to use sunlight for your tank get ready to battle algea pretty much everyday, sunlight=algea factory
Learned this the hard way.Now the one side of my tank has a piece of background on it so no light can get in.

 

[veni vidi vici]

6 hours sounds reasonable.Are you planning on trying it?

 

[veni vidi vici]

Google "Pieter van Suijlekom's Reef Aquarium" check out his tank. It is a awesome tank, partially illuminated with natural sun light.

 

[jpa0741]

Originally Posted by rick2203
http:///forum/post/2751443
if your going to use sunlight for your tank get ready to battle algea pretty much everyday, sunlight=algea factory
This is not true at all. Sunlight does not produce algea. Nutri. do.
Are you planning on using solar tubes or something. Without I don't see how you could get enough light in the tank to keep corals. Checkout this thread if you are interested in using natural sunlight http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1457056. That thread has me thinking about cutting holes in my roof.

 

[aquaknight]

It depends. If you mean a small'ish tank sitting on a window sill, with most of the stuff facing in, with the sun shining in through a window, through a couple of trees/hedges outside, to catch the sun rise/set, then no. If you mean a truly outdoor tank, or something used to channel like from a skylight, then yes.

 

[coral keeper]

I was thinking of using solar tubes to channel the light into the tank. The tank isn't going to be small...

 

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by jpa0741
http:///forum/post/2751516
This is not true at all. Sunlight does not produce algea. Nutri. do.
Are you planning on using solar tubes or something. Without I don't see how you could get enough light in the tank to keep corals. Checkout this thread if you are interested in using natural sunlight http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1457056. That thread has me thinking about cutting holes in my roof.
+1 on the algae
Yes, I'm planning on using the solar tubes. I already seen that thread a while ago. lol

 

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici
http:///forum/post/2751510
Google "Pieter van Suijlekom's Reef Aquarium" check out his tank. It is a awesome tank, partially illuminated with natural sun light.
Ok, thanks!

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Wat tank is this gonna be on?

 

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2751564
Wat tank is this gonna be on?
Idk yet.

 

[mr_x]

that's not true about sunlight. the algae part i mean. as i just stated on another thread, i've seen tanks completely lit by sunlight. they didn't have any algae.
it's a combination of things, the most important being nutrients.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2751567
Idk yet.
lol... u keeping secrets?

 

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2751574
lol... u keeping secrets?
Yes.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Wow Spill It!!!!!!!!

 

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2751641
Wow Spill It!!!!!!!!
No can do.

 

[noah's nemo]

All i know is ,ever since i stop the direct sun from shinning in my tank,my algae problems are almost nil.I guess it could just be coincedence

 

[tomato clown]

I used to think that also, but I'm using natural sunlight for 2-3hrs a day (comes in the window) and I only see good things.