what corals under vho
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sebae0
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you could probably get away with some lps corals but i think most sps corals wouldn't do that good, unless kept up at the very top of the tank.
the consensus here is that sps corals do the best under mh lighting. hth
the consensus here is that sps corals do the best under mh lighting. hth
bluemandj
Member
I would go with 2 10k lights not the 50/50. The 50/50 will make your tank look to blue.
I am useing VHO and PC in my 125 and I am realitively successful with LPS high on the rock, leathers, shrooms, and my SPS frags are doing poorly, not growing as fast as they should. Look for corlas that need med light.
I am useing VHO and PC in my 125 and I am realitively successful with LPS high on the rock, leathers, shrooms, and my SPS frags are doing poorly, not growing as fast as they should. Look for corlas that need med light.
aileena
Member
I would go with 3 whites and 1 blue...Currently I have 2 blues and 2 whites, and although the tank looks awesome so far as color is concerned, the intensity is just not there. I have softies, lps, and some types of sps, no clams, and an anemone BTA. Although everything is doing great, it could be doing better under another white 50/50's. So I am actually going to take out a blue bulb here soon and replace it with a white.
tyr-sog
Member
I'm using,
2- uri blues
1- uri 10k sun
1-coralife 10k
I would have liked to stick to all Uri but I don't think uri makes a nice white 10K?
Has I really nice look to it when they are all on. I'd say a natural look but still lets the corals glow.
I was going to show a picture but my batteries are dead, maybe after work later.
2- uri blues
1- uri 10k sun
1-coralife 10k
I would have liked to stick to all Uri but I don't think uri makes a nice white 10K?
Has I really nice look to it when they are all on. I'd say a natural look but still lets the corals glow.
I was going to show a picture but my batteries are dead, maybe after work later.
bang guy
Moderator
Hi Ross,
My display is also VHO. The following corals have thrived:
Torch
Hammer
Frogspawn
Candy Cane
Yellow Leather
Colt
Pink Birdsnest
Galaxia
Several Montopora Digitata (Orange, Green, Brown, & Purple tipped)
Orange Montipora Capricornus
Purple Gorgonians
Xenia
All types of Mushrooms & polyps seem to thrive
The following corals live but grow very slowly (a sign of other than ideal conditions):
Bali Green Slimer
Teal Acropora
I hope this helps
Guy
My display is also VHO. The following corals have thrived:
Torch
Hammer
Frogspawn
Candy Cane
Yellow Leather
Colt
Pink Birdsnest
Galaxia
Several Montopora Digitata (Orange, Green, Brown, & Purple tipped)
Orange Montipora Capricornus
Purple Gorgonians
Xenia
All types of Mushrooms & polyps seem to thrive
The following corals live but grow very slowly (a sign of other than ideal conditions):
Bali Green Slimer
Teal Acropora
I hope this helps
Guy
tyr-sog
Member
Originally posted by 007
I think that the best combination of bulbs to use on the Icecap is a 1:1 ration of 50/50 to the 03 super actinic. This will make your tank look a very nice crisp whit and the corals flouresce nicely under them. The 10K VHO are very pink IMO.
Only thing that worries me about the 50/50 is do you loose 10K intensity?
If say I have 4 bulbs. 2 are actinic, 2 are 50/50. Does this really add up to only 1 10k and 3 actinc? Is this enought 10K intensity?
007
Active Member
It really boils down to a matter of personal opinon on what looks best. But yes, there will be enough white light. The only necessity for white light is really for you to see it. The actinic spectrum is what really drives the life cycle of a coral as this is the spectrum that penetrates the deepest into the ocean. IMO, its a very nice look . . . crisp clean white, but the corals still shine like glo-sticks.
bang guy
Moderator
Originally posted by Kipass4130
the white light is just as important as the "blue" ... corals dont care what color their light is... all they are interested in is the photosynthetic available radiation... one of the bulbs with the highest PAR is a Iwaskai metal halide... and it is white-almost yellow.... the actinics "simulate" light at oceans depths
Agreed.
007
Active Member
Originally posted by Kipass4130
the white light is just as important as the "blue" ... corals dont care what color their light is... all they are interested in is the photosynthetic available radiation... one of the bulbs with the highest PAR is a Iwaskai metal halide... and it is white-almost yellow.... the actinics "simulate" light at oceans depths
Ok . . . . before I begin, just let me say that I am merely playing devils advocate here.
With that said, as I read your statemtent regarding lighting above it reads as a contradiction. First you state that the white is just as important as the blue. Ok fine. But then you go on to say that corals dont care what color the light is. So based on that rational, then the white and the blue would be interchangeable without consequence. If thats the case then wouldnt it follow that white light is merely for the purpose of the viewer and not the corals?
bang guy
Moderator
Originally posted by 007
your statemtent regarding lighting above it reads as a contradiction.
First you state that the white is just as important as the blue. Ok fine. But then you go on to say that corals dont care what color the light is.
I don't see the contradiction. "White is just as important as the blue", not more important, not less important.... equal...
Make the tank look however you like but add up the PAR.