daigle2985
New Member
I am a new reefer (or at least trying too!!). I have a 70 gal Fluval osaka tank that is only 40"wideX24"tallX18"thick....weird tank size i know, thats why I bought it. I have a 36" Current Nova Extreme Pro w/ 6 T5's. I'm currently running 3 10k HOT5's, 1 6700K T5, 1 460nm actinic, and 1 Marine-glo actinic and my moon lights all on a lighting timer. Pretty much my question is my lighting adequate for WHAT EVER I want to keep in there? I mean obviously other than compatability issues but, so far I have 1 red/green open brain coral(2 weeks doing fine), 1 sebeae anemone(1 month, eating well, found his home and doing fine), 1 rose bubbletip anemone(3 weeks, doing good, keeping color, usually flourishes, eats well and moves alot), 1 green bubble tip(2 weeks, "Bleached"But was bought that way being told thats what makes them "pretty", barely eats, usually stays at bottom of tank behind rocks, but recently moved towards top of tank hopfully I can feed him there more readily) and other easy to keep softer corals such as zoos, shrooms and gorgonias. I wanted an outerorbit HQI/T5HO 36" with the 2 250watt HQI's wich I understand to be some of the best complete lighting on the market, but was advised agaist it because I was told the nova exremepro t5s are more than adequate. I know people are quick to blame lighting where as others are able to keep the same animal under similar if not the exact same lighting but I thought i'd pick the brains of the experts!!!!
