Lighting question for soft corals

[i_derby63]

I have a quick question...first about the tank:
55gal (Damsels,clown,cb,cleaning crew,very small starfish-hitch hiker!)
All water measurements are excellent (tank is over 12 months old)
Lighting-2-48 inch Fluorescents-10K and a 50/50 actinic (40W each)
I had a local LFS go out of business and I was able to pick up quite a bit pretty cheap. Point of post is I was wondering what soft corals I can add to my tank with the lighting I have. I have 4 mushrooms that are doing very well. I have a small colony of zoo polyps that seem to do ok, but not opening or growing as pics I've seen on the boards. All are on rock near the bottom of the tank-the rock they came on were 2 pcs, each the size of a 12 inch plate-hence the position near the bottom for the scape to be stable. The pcs have been in the tank for close to 4 months.
I would like to get an invert for the clown, just wasn't sure what the lighting I had would allow for. Also interested in some more softs...suggestions? I'm not interested in hard corals.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

 

[harlequinnut]

You will not be able to keep any corals for long with the lighting you have, even softies. You should think of upgrading to vho, power compact or MH if you really want to keep corals long term. And please don't get any anemone or anything for the clown to host in because it needs excellent water conditions and MH lighting.:nope:

 

[jlem]

I think that mushrooms are about the only thing that will survive and do okay with your lighting. If you bought a 2-65 PC lighting setup with 10-k bulbs and then ran your 40 watters as actinics you could keep leathers and bubbles and alot of other stuff minus the hard corals.

 

[nm reef]

Your current lighting would be considered low...and any corals you select should be very carefully considered. There are some that may live...mushrooms and possibly a few types of leathers and polyps. Take care selecting them and you may be able to keep a few. But additional lighting would increase your selections dramatically.:thinking: