Low Light Corals?
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celacanthr
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oh well... so is life
bushwacker
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I have corals in my 55gal with a 20K 40W and they are doing great. You have to pick corals to do well in low to medium light.
mudhauler
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I'm running 320 watts supposedly on a 125 with 6 leathers and 2 shrooms. The leathers are all low in the tank and are doing well. You might try that and the bonus is they aren't at all tasty so you can have a wider variety of fish. My emperor and my flame don't touch them. You might try these as a good starter coral and place them up higher in your tank with caution. Good luck
carshark
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Originally Posted by mudhauler
I'm running 320 watts supposedly on a 125 with 6 leathers and 2 shrooms. The leathers are all low in the tank and are doing well. You might try that and the bonus is they aren't at all tasty so you can have a wider variety of fish. My emperor and my flame don't touch them. You might try these as a good starter coral and place them up higher in your tank with caution. Good luck
yeah but im not running that much lighting, i assume that I could pull those off with a 260 watt set up on my 75 correct? thats about 3.467 watts per gallon...
I'm running 320 watts supposedly on a 125 with 6 leathers and 2 shrooms. The leathers are all low in the tank and are doing well. You might try that and the bonus is they aren't at all tasty so you can have a wider variety of fish. My emperor and my flame don't touch them. You might try these as a good starter coral and place them up higher in your tank with caution. Good luck
yeah but im not running that much lighting, i assume that I could pull those off with a 260 watt set up on my 75 correct? thats about 3.467 watts per gallon...
acrylic300
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Thank You, keep the low light ideas going please. It's been very helpfull so far.
mudhauler
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Well there are many on here with way more knowledge and expertize than I. I just thought you might be encouraged to try the lower light stuff as an addition to a fowlr. I'm sure you will add more light as you go along. Check the buy sell site for good deals and before you put any water in there make sure you have a solid plan and can exercise a ton of patience you'll be happier with the results. These guys are great for beginners keep the pics coming!!
smarls
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Acrylic,
Nice tank.
I am not sure what Bush is keeping, but with under 1 watt a gallon (although I understand watts are not the most important raitng in lights) I would be surprised if any photosynthetic coral survives long term...let alone flourishes long term. I think it 1 watt per gallon is fine with non-photosynthetic corals, as long as you can provide them the food items they require, and are willing to do that on a regular basis.
You can keep Sun Corals, non-photsynthetic gorgs, etc in that light (you can actually keep them in no light and it is fine.) For the gorgs I would be very careful though, as the non-photsynthetic gorgs are notoriously hard to keep, and require a certain particle size of food, at a certain flow rate. etc.
I agree Sun Corals would be a good choice, as would some shrooms etc.
Also, if you place things like shrooms higher in the tank, closer to the light, they will do better than on the bottom of your tank. The normal FO light does not penetrate very far, so if you are going to try photosynthetic animals, keep them at the top.
Honestly though, I would suggest you hold of on corals until you get some new lights.
HTH
Stewart
Nice tank.
I am not sure what Bush is keeping, but with under 1 watt a gallon (although I understand watts are not the most important raitng in lights) I would be surprised if any photosynthetic coral survives long term...let alone flourishes long term. I think it 1 watt per gallon is fine with non-photosynthetic corals, as long as you can provide them the food items they require, and are willing to do that on a regular basis.
You can keep Sun Corals, non-photsynthetic gorgs, etc in that light (you can actually keep them in no light and it is fine.) For the gorgs I would be very careful though, as the non-photsynthetic gorgs are notoriously hard to keep, and require a certain particle size of food, at a certain flow rate. etc.
I agree Sun Corals would be a good choice, as would some shrooms etc.
Also, if you place things like shrooms higher in the tank, closer to the light, they will do better than on the bottom of your tank. The normal FO light does not penetrate very far, so if you are going to try photosynthetic animals, keep them at the top.
Honestly though, I would suggest you hold of on corals until you get some new lights.
HTH
Stewart
acrylic300
Member
Originally Posted by smarls
Acrylic,
Nice tank.
I am not sure what Bush is keeping, but with under 1 watt a gallon (although I understand watts are not the most important raitng in lights) I would be surprised if any photosynthetic coral survives long term...let alone flourishes long term. I think it 1 watt per gallon is fine with non-photosynthetic corals, as long as you can provide them the food items they require, and are willing to do that on a regular basis.
You can keep Sun Corals, non-photsynthetic gorgs, etc in that light (you can actually keep them in no light and it is fine.) For the gorgs I would be very careful though, as the non-photsynthetic gorgs are notoriously hard to keep, and require a certain particle size of food, at a certain flow rate. etc.
I agree Sun Corals would be a good choice, as would some shrooms etc.
Also, if you place things like shrooms higher in the tank, closer to the light, they will do better than on the bottom of your tank. The normal FO light does not penetrate very far, so if you are going to try photosynthetic animals, keep them at the top.
Honestly though, I would suggest you hold of on corals until you get some new lights.
HTH
Stewart
Thanks, Im thinking of going not photo, Iv'e been dosing with phyto plankton for the last week. Already new hitcher Feather dusters are popping up every where. One actually looks like a mini cocco worm--last night I noticed some tiny black ones. One is neon green with only the actnic on--it has grown from pin-head size to dime size in a week. Bad thing is, its only facinating with your face on the glass.
Acrylic,
Nice tank.
I am not sure what Bush is keeping, but with under 1 watt a gallon (although I understand watts are not the most important raitng in lights) I would be surprised if any photosynthetic coral survives long term...let alone flourishes long term. I think it 1 watt per gallon is fine with non-photosynthetic corals, as long as you can provide them the food items they require, and are willing to do that on a regular basis.
You can keep Sun Corals, non-photsynthetic gorgs, etc in that light (you can actually keep them in no light and it is fine.) For the gorgs I would be very careful though, as the non-photsynthetic gorgs are notoriously hard to keep, and require a certain particle size of food, at a certain flow rate. etc.
I agree Sun Corals would be a good choice, as would some shrooms etc.
Also, if you place things like shrooms higher in the tank, closer to the light, they will do better than on the bottom of your tank. The normal FO light does not penetrate very far, so if you are going to try photosynthetic animals, keep them at the top.
Honestly though, I would suggest you hold of on corals until you get some new lights.
HTH
Stewart
Thanks, Im thinking of going not photo, Iv'e been dosing with phyto plankton for the last week. Already new hitcher Feather dusters are popping up every where. One actually looks like a mini cocco worm--last night I noticed some tiny black ones. One is neon green with only the actnic on--it has grown from pin-head size to dime size in a week. Bad thing is, its only facinating with your face on the glass.
acrylic300
Member
Originally Posted by dragonboy
Just wondering if you go with direct sunlight do you need to suppliment actinic lights? Nice tank I plan to get one that size one day when I have my own home hehehe...
I dont know but it looks better at night. It brings out the cooler colors and warms the shadows a bit. Here is a picture of my tank in the evening. Looks much nicer than the sunlight pics IMO.
Just wondering if you go with direct sunlight do you need to suppliment actinic lights? Nice tank I plan to get one that size one day when I have my own home hehehe...
I dont know but it looks better at night. It brings out the cooler colors and warms the shadows a bit. Here is a picture of my tank in the evening. Looks much nicer than the sunlight pics IMO.