Candy Cane

chroniccoral35

chroniccoral35

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I have a 10g, it has been up for about 5 months...I am running a 36W Coralife PC lighting, I have no powerheads, just Penguin 150 BIO-Wheel filter, which imo gives much flow through the tank considering its small, so my question is is that enough light for a candy cane in a 10g? I have a nice spot on top of a rock right near the filter...I've read they need strong flow.
 
smokingreefer

smokingreefer

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What type of bulbs do you have in it? CC's need fairly intense lighting but it will probably be fine since there is a decent amount of watts per gallon. That bio wheel isn't going to produce enough water movement. I would stick with zoo's and shrooms, you'll have more luck.
 
ci11337

ci11337

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Thats right on the brink, if i were you, I'd probably do polyps and shrooms all over and one candy right near the top in front of the filter and it will do fine. (assuming you have a 50/50 bulb)
 
chroniccoral35

chroniccoral35

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I have one lime green mushroom and one purple, one Devil hand, one green open brain, and 6-7 polyps right now, asst. snails asst. hermits and two clowns. I plan to add a Sun Coral, I have a nice cave shady spot for it, other then that I am not sure what other coral I'm going to pick up at my LFS when I make my trip tomorrow to pick up Salt, two peppermint shrimp to kill the anem. pests, and a yellow watchman goby. I have 2 18W JBJ Blue bulbs on my 10g, I do like the Candy Cane corals, but if they won't be okay in my tank I don't want them. I'll look around for something else, thanks for your help.
 
paintballer768

paintballer768

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2 clowns and a watchman goby would be overstocking that tank. I would just do the 2 clowns, which is also overstocking it, but you have them and it seems to be running good. The candy cane might be iffy, but if you could get a small frag of it and let it grow out, you would be able to tell or not, and it might not cost you too much.
 
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