Need some coral advice

[kingfish8302]

I thinking of trying coral for the first time. What types of coral can i have under a PC for lighting? I know the first thing you guys are going to say is change the light but dont have the money for right now

. So any help?

 

[gmford1979]

mushrooms and zoos will do ok under PC lights

 

[gmford1979]

oh yeah, change your lights. lol

 

[kingfish8302]

dont make me

...lol.. I just bought new bulbs for my tank and the are being sent to me as we speak. Is there any way to keep clams in my tank too and if so which one?

 

[ric maniac]

you should do a zoo tank and just pack it full of zoos! thought about doing that for a while.

 

[kingfish8302]

I wont as far as the hole tank now. But still what kind of clams coudl i get for me my tank with my PC's?

 

[puffer32]

How many watts is your PC. I kept lots of different corals, including some lps under 260 watts of PC. But no, you can't keep a clam, sorry.

 

[appaloosa1]

dependingon how many watts over how many gallons you should be able to keep zoas, shrooms, leathers, pretty much all softies and LPS like trumpets. Clams will not survive.

 

[kingfish8302]

I have a 196W for a 46g. So no clams then???

 

[rbaldino]

I have 130 watts of PC lighting on a 29 gallon tank. Current corals are 2 frogspawn, 1 branching hammer, 2 different xenia, various zoo frags, various mushrooms (including ricordia), Green Star Polyps, Colt coral, and a gorgonian. You can keep pretty much any soft coral and the easier LPS corals with PC lights.

 

[kingfish8302]

Glad i can still have those to put in my tank.