Inverts for low wattage lights?
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tizzo
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Feather dusters, suncorals...hmmm Urchins, shrimp,
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tizzo
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What's IRE?
celacanthr
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Well gorgs(non photosynthetic that is), tunicates, shrimps, suncorals, but they re HARD to keep, sponges, and to expand on what ms. tizz said, look into christmas tree worms, and coco worms. (their is an article that is linked in the archives, by probably the smartest person on earth {LOL}that has some nice feather duster coco worm and christmas tree worm info) hmmm...let me think on it, and I will come back to you.
farmboy
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BTW my earlier post looks like "NO" lighting when it should read "N.O." lighting. Flourescent variety of course.
Actually, the LFS has some shroom rocks in a 55g tank with 4-40 watt bulbs. I have some of the very same ones in our tank under PCs. They look better under more intense light, but they will live(and grow) under strip lights.
Now, please continue. . .pardon the interuption. . .
Hi Tizzo
Actually, the LFS has some shroom rocks in a 55g tank with 4-40 watt bulbs. I have some of the very same ones in our tank under PCs. They look better under more intense light, but they will live(and grow) under strip lights.
Now, please continue. . .pardon the interuption. . .
Hi Tizzo
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tizzo
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Oh I thought your IRE was an acronym since it was in all caps.
Ready for your flame???
(Nicely now...) but you are wrong. Any coral that hosts its symbiotic zooxanthellae needs adaquate light for that zooxanthellae to flourish. Your LFS can get away with it because it is temporary. Shrooms wil live for a long time with no or N.O. lights, but they will eventually bleach out, starve, and die.
K...I'm done.
Hi Farmboy!!
Ready for your flame???
(Nicely now...) but you are wrong. Any coral that hosts its symbiotic zooxanthellae needs adaquate light for that zooxanthellae to flourish. Your LFS can get away with it because it is temporary. Shrooms wil live for a long time with no or N.O. lights, but they will eventually bleach out, starve, and die.
K...I'm done.
Hi Farmboy!!
farmboy
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I'm not sure how long those were in the LFS but they were there more than a month or 2. Some of the shrooms had noticebly grown and split in their tank. The shrooms were on the bottom, also. I would not want to harm the critters, but it sure looks like they are OK in this lighting. BTW, If ya place them up high in the tank, it helps.
OK Tizz, game on. . . .
OK Tizz, game on. . . .
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jdragunas
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you really should have them in a tank with better than NO lighting... IMO...
farmboy
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Hey Rev,
You all could probably add another strip light with Normal Outputs inexpensively. I would think that would put you well within the acceptable realm of "adequate" lighting for shrooms. More is better at this point. N.O. is cheaper to add. I got an ugly shop light from the Wal and put in coralife bulbs.
You all could probably add another strip light with Normal Outputs inexpensively. I would think that would put you well within the acceptable realm of "adequate" lighting for shrooms. More is better at this point. N.O. is cheaper to add. I got an ugly shop light from the Wal and put in coralife bulbs.
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jdragunas
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rev, when you say "low lights", what exactly does that entail?
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tizzo
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Originally Posted by Rev
twin tube flo's - 30 watts.each.1 03 actinic and a 20k.Any suggestions?
That quote up there is for JD's question...
Oh Farmboy, you theory goes against all logic. If a coral needs zooxanthellae to survive, and zooxanthellae needs light to survive (like most plants) then...well...seems only one conclusion can be drawn.
Your wrong!!
Myahahahaha
Game-set-match.
twin tube flo's - 30 watts.each.1 03 actinic and a 20k.Any suggestions?
That quote up there is for JD's question...
Oh Farmboy, you theory goes against all logic. If a coral needs zooxanthellae to survive, and zooxanthellae needs light to survive (like most plants) then...well...seems only one conclusion can be drawn.
Your wrong!!
Myahahahaha
Game-set-match.
celacanthr
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No one said that the shrooms need the zooxanthellae for survival. just merely that they hosted them.
On the flip side, you would probably have short lived shrooms
On the flip side, you would probably have short lived shrooms
farmboy
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I disagree. If N.O. flourescents are the right color and in close enough proximity (or there are enough of them) you can keep SOME mushrooms. I've seen them literally grow out from under a rock in a cave!!
I'm tellin ya!
Eventually, they may "starve" from low light.--I doubt they would be growing and leaving behind little shroom babies if they were starving. I could be and am frequently wrong. . .
. . .hey Tizz, I think we're in OT. (that is Over Time)
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Eventually, they may "starve" from low light.--I doubt they would be growing and leaving behind little shroom babies if they were starving. I could be and am frequently wrong. . .
. . .hey Tizz, I think we're in OT. (that is Over Time)
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tizzo
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Well Farmboy, turns out we are both right. But Rev's sister still can't get one.
Corals pg194...
"It seems that as many corallimorphs are symbiotic as aposymbiotic. Fortunately, most of the species in the aquarium trade are symbiotic and able to live on the products of photosynthesis....As mentioned in chapter 4. photosynthesis provides, optimally, a large portion of the carbon needs of corals, but nitrogen still must be aquired through feeding".
That's all I've gotten so far, I'll keep reading...
She shoots!! She scores!! :jumping:
Corals pg194...
"It seems that as many corallimorphs are symbiotic as aposymbiotic. Fortunately, most of the species in the aquarium trade are symbiotic and able to live on the products of photosynthesis....As mentioned in chapter 4. photosynthesis provides, optimally, a large portion of the carbon needs of corals, but nitrogen still must be aquired through feeding".
That's all I've gotten so far, I'll keep reading...
She shoots!! She scores!! :jumping: