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reefkprz
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Originally Posted by Debbie
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That would be 18 watts per gal.....
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watts per gallon as a rule is totally useless. you need to consider the par (intensity of the bulbs) and those low power PC bulbs just arent very powerful, it will look bright to the eye but can only be considered low to medium light when it comes to corals.
Originally Posted by Debbie
http:///forum/post/2723940
Would it make the zoas and rics more colorful??:
for better color maybe go with 14k and actinic
Originally Posted by Debbie
http:///forum/post/2723940
What about algae growth??
Thanks for your reply......
algaes are more dependant on nutrients than actual light spectrum, unfortunatly for us hobbyists every spectrum our corals can use algae can use, though it prefer more towards the red spectrum. that sais your more likley to have accellerated algae growth under 65-72k as they are heavy in the red and yellow spectrum and algaes trhive uunder those lighting conditions.
http:///forum/post/2723940
That would be 18 watts per gal.....
watts per gallon as a rule is totally useless. you need to consider the par (intensity of the bulbs) and those low power PC bulbs just arent very powerful, it will look bright to the eye but can only be considered low to medium light when it comes to corals.
Originally Posted by Debbie
http:///forum/post/2723940
Would it make the zoas and rics more colorful??:
for better color maybe go with 14k and actinic
Originally Posted by Debbie
http:///forum/post/2723940
What about algae growth??
Thanks for your reply......
algaes are more dependant on nutrients than actual light spectrum, unfortunatly for us hobbyists every spectrum our corals can use algae can use, though it prefer more towards the red spectrum. that sais your more likley to have accellerated algae growth under 65-72k as they are heavy in the red and yellow spectrum and algaes trhive uunder those lighting conditions.
debbie
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No this is not my first tank, I started in this hobby 4 yrs ago with my 10 gal nano. It did "to well" all the live rock I bought was covered with corals and everything was getting so big for the tank size.
So why not upgrade you say??? The reason $$$$$ we pay very dearly here in Canada for all saltwater stuff. I would have to get rid of all my liverock and start over, so I sold everything from the 10 gal to a friend with a 125 gal.
To go and buy new rock now would be just a huge cost, so I decided that there were a couple things I could not part with and that was my zoas frags and gsp.
I put this stuff into a 1 gal pico and so mainly it is a little frag tank with a small clown goby. I could not part with everything and wanted to keep my foot in the hobby just a "tiny" bit.......
My previous 10 gal had those PC
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in ones on it and things grew to that huge size so things did well for me.
This little tank I have right now which I love and have no issues with water etc is doing very well. The frags in it are growing well, the gsp need to be cut back as they have doubled in size since I did this tank 4 months ago.
I can get a 50/50 light for this little tank and I just might go this way or buy the coralife 9" mini aqualight. Finding a way to place that light would be the challenge though.
So that is the story of my mini ocean......
So why not upgrade you say??? The reason $$$$$ we pay very dearly here in Canada for all saltwater stuff. I would have to get rid of all my liverock and start over, so I sold everything from the 10 gal to a friend with a 125 gal.
To go and buy new rock now would be just a huge cost, so I decided that there were a couple things I could not part with and that was my zoas frags and gsp.
I put this stuff into a 1 gal pico and so mainly it is a little frag tank with a small clown goby. I could not part with everything and wanted to keep my foot in the hobby just a "tiny" bit.......
My previous 10 gal had those PC
[hr]
in ones on it and things grew to that huge size so things did well for me.
This little tank I have right now which I love and have no issues with water etc is doing very well. The frags in it are growing well, the gsp need to be cut back as they have doubled in size since I did this tank 4 months ago.
I can get a 50/50 light for this little tank and I just might go this way or buy the coralife 9" mini aqualight. Finding a way to place that light would be the challenge though.
So that is the story of my mini ocean......