T-5 ??? With Frogspawn

tdog7879

tdog7879

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right now i have 108watts of T-5 VHO over a 80 gal tall. In my tank i have some orange and green zoas and some xenia. They are all about 10 -15 inches down from the light and are growning and healthy!!! So my question is that i want to add a frogspawn...do you think it will be ok under this lighting? I plan on adding another 108 watts in a month or so. When i add the extra lighting do you think i can put the zoas on the bottom?
Side note: would like to put the frogspawn in the center about 15 inches down
 
wangotango

wangotango

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You could probably get away with it right up top, but I'd wait until you added more bulbs. IMO you're going to want somewhere in the 6-8 individually reflected range if it's a deep tank.
-Justin
 
tdog7879

tdog7879

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I have a 5 inch SB so that leaves me with about 26 inches to the top of the tank....the lights sit right on top of the tank. The tank is only 13 inches wide so i don't have alot of room for a big light fixture (have some HOB equp.) With the tank only 13 inches wide does that make up for the depth??
 
ibew41

ibew41

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if you want higher light corals with your tank limitations (size and hob) then look at 3 250w MH
 
fuerte91

fuerte91

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i have mine in my 55 with same wattage. It is as high up as it can be and i also give it some food supplements as well.
 
tdog7879

tdog7879

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Originally Posted by fuerte91
http:///forum/post/2693890
i have mine in my 55 with same wattage. It is as high up as it can be and i also give it some food supplements as well.
Is it growing well? is it under just 108 watt or 216 watts? what do you feed it?
 
dgonci

dgonci

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I have my frogspawn in my 40G Breeder about 8 inches down from the light and it is doing great. I have had it for about 2 or 3 weeks now and it is always fully extended during the day. I have it under 192w of a coralife lunar aqualight power compact with a 10K and actinic bulb. So I would imagine that under T5's you should not have much problem. If you want I might be able to get a picture for you from when I got it and how it looks now.
 
dgonci

dgonci

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Originally Posted by tdog7879
http:///forum/post/2695306
YES i would like to see your frogspawn
I just got home from work and all I have on now is the moon ights, but tomorrow when I can turn n the lights I will snap a picture for you.
 
dgonci

dgonci

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The first was from about 2 weeks ago. The latter is from today. What you can not tell from the photo is that two of the heads are already starting to split.

 
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