refugium for a nano

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tygerfifteen

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I have a 12 gallon nano and wanted to put a refugium it comes with a 15 watt bulb it's a 2 gallon plastic tank, is 15 watts enough for calupera?
so far i have
striped mushrooms
blue mushrooms
red mushrooms
yellow polyps
what fish could i or would you put in??
thankx
 
aggie05

aggie05

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email me and i will give you a site that is nano specific. But yes, 15 watts will be more than enough over 2 gallons. You could keep an SPS in there. But I am afraid that the light you are referring to probably isn't anywhere near 10000K. If it comes with the tank it is most likely ment for FW. I am using a 13 watt power compact 6400K light over my 5.5 fuge. I took a bayco worklight that I bought from walmart, took it apart and placed it ina box. It works great and only cost me 16 bucks. Click on my sig and check out the pics that are titled nano reef. You will see lots of pics of the lights and the fuge there. As far as fish go you can keep a pair of perc clowns, I have a mated pair of firefish (they have to be mated) and you can keep some of the smaller gobies. Like I said, email me and I can give you a site to check out.
rusty14_83@yahoo.com
 
overanalyzer

overanalyzer

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sounds very doable - why only 2 gallons though?? I have a five gallons with a 4 gallon refugium in the works.
@ 12 gallons you could do a nice clown fish or maybe some a few gobies - or a pair of firefish. I havea clown goby and shrimp goby - both are cool but somewhat reclusive!!
 
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tygerfifteen

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no prob only 12 and it is only a incandeesant light, still sufficient?
 
aggie05

aggie05

Member
Maybe, but maybe not. You need to see what spectrum of light it puts out. It will most likely be very yellow light, which for a fuge may work but is not optimal. You can always try it and if it doesn't work then you can go with something else.
 
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