anyone with experience with Custom Sea Life smartlamp

[t]

I just purchased a Custom Sea Life 48" Smart Lamp for my 55gal. Has anyone had any success keeping soft corals with this fixture? If so, could someone recommend a very hardy beginner coral? Thanks

 

[dhe420]

I know plenty of people who have had success with that light. I would recomend something like a leather (finger, fiji, colt) or mushrooms. You can also keep zooanthids, and star polyps. You would be surprized at the amout of different low light corals out there. HTH

 

[nasotang00]

Would this be a dual 65w 48" light. I have 2 36" 96w csl retros in my 55gal. with just these two i have several different types of leather corals doing great. granted that i have just a little more wattage than yours but you really shouldn't have any problems. one more 48" retro would be great if you could add that. I have since added a csl 23" 55w retro directly in the center of the tank that has helped a lot also. thats 4.49w per gallon.
[ December 06, 2001: Message edited by: NasoTang00 ]

 

[nm reef]

On my 55 reef I use 2x65 smartlites ...2x65 10000k's...2x110 vho actinic blues...and I've got an assortment of soft/mushrooms/lps....most everything except sps corals........will soon add a montipora and see how it does.....just a brief list:
frogspawn/torch/bubble/hammer/closed brain/open brain/colt/candy cane/several assorted polyps/numerous mushrooms(red..watermelon..green..fuzzy brown..etc)/3 types of recordia/bubble anoemone/3 different leathers(large and growing)/sarcophyton/plate coral/pogoda coral/.......except for a few odds and ends that pretty much covers it