Lighting for long tentacle plate coral

[surbas]

I'm just getting into corals, so far I have a colt coral and some green mushrooms. Both are doing well. My tank is a 30 gallon hex with 40W PC lighting with live rock, live sand. I want to add a long tentacle plate coral which requires low to moderate lighting. Will my setup be ok or should I get some additional lighting.
Scott

 

[petjunkie]

I don't recommend lt plates under any lighting, they do poorly in general, any injury or stress causes infections and they die, a short tentacle plate would also need much higher lighting but are hardy. How deep is your tank?

 

[dragonzim]

I just had a gorgeous long tentacle plate for about 2 months before it died on me out of nowhere. I found out after doing some reading that they are actually very hard to keep alive in captivity.