Will this bulb work to grow low light corals?

nissan577

nissan577

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no. well IMO i dont think so. if you dont wanna waste alot of money on lights buy Power Compacts. really low wattage. only if you plan to keep softies. i think with that light you will grow algae
 
dustyboy316

dustyboy316

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Yah that was my plan before, but my buddy gave me the idea to use the fixture omy my blacklight as a light. The color temp is around 10k, which is what is used for corals, which is why I was curious to see if it would work.
 
dustyboy316

dustyboy316

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Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/2908997
yea. but the color temp doesnt mean anything i think. IMO i will go with PC. just incase
Ok, sounds good. The only problem is I won't have the extra money for some time. I guess I prob shouldn't be buying any corals anyways if I have no money.
Start my new job in 2 days though, so after I pay off my debt I'm good to go. Hopefully by feb or at least early march I'll have a coral or two.
I didn't think I wanted any that bad, but my tank needs more things. My clown fish need something in there with them except the one bristleworm haha.
 
auroradrvr

auroradrvr

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Even at almost 10000k temperature color, the corals will still lack a lot of "pop" and will most likely loose much of their color.
 
dustyboy316

dustyboy316

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ahh ok. I might get a bulb (they're cheap) and get a small frag of coral and see what happens. The store near me (well 100 kilometers away :p) sells frags fort about 15.00 so it wouldn't be a major loss.
I will also have to get myself a CUC...
 
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