Starting Out

[nacl-man]

Hey Gang,
I was wondering if there was anything I could keep under 96W of PC light (58 gallon tank about 60 lbs LR).
I plan on upgrading over time to much more lighting (was thinking 2x175w MH w/ some PC or VHO... i dunno yet) but want to get started getting maybe some zoo's or something, would they keep under my current lighting?
The reason I ask is because the lighting is going to be a looooonnnng time in the making because it is so darn expensive and I am just a poor college student that needs to sell my soul for fish gear.
Thanks!
nacl
btw- if anyone knows of anyone in the market for a soul I will trade mine for 900watts of mixed MH / PC lighting. just kidding.

 

[fishman830]

under 96watts of PC you could keep some polpys near the top, and defintially some shrooms

 

[nacl-man]

cool.. yeah my rockwork extends up to about 4-6 inches below the top of the water line... would that be close enough? the PC light is maybe 7-12 inches above the rocks... roughly i haven't measured it.

 

[drama]

I had sun corals before I upgraded my lighting. They don't need much light but they need a lot of TLC for them to get them where you want them. Mine stayed closed for 8 months. And now I have them trained to open during the day.