livestock under 13watts

[CoolWaters]

what kind of coral/clams can i have under a 13 watt 50/50 10k and Actinic 03 Blue.

if its not enough for a Maxima or Crocea Clam then i might be willing to crack open the hood and install a second 13 watt light.

2 X 13w in a 5-6g tank

 

[Flowerkid]

this should probably be in the nano section but that is probably not enough for a maxima

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

im pretty sure your screwed on clams.

 

[Joe Fish]

Sorry to say, but that would be very insufficient for a clam.

 

[Lorna]

I am border line on my crocea and I have 596 watts (300 w m/h and 296 w pc) over a 75g tank....

I would not recommend any clam in a 5-6g as the water parameters are too tight and clams do not like any type of fluctuations.....corals you are probably limited to softies and a few less demanding lps'.....such as frogspawn etc

 

[CoolWaters]

i'll try to do a extreme mod on the hood looks getto and fat right now.

i'll worry about the water when i get to it.

i have a GX23 type hood...and the highest watt bulb i can find is 27 watts...

does anyone have any suggestions or upgrade?
i dont want to hang 3 of thos bulbs over my tank and i dont think the ballast can handle that kind of wattage.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

uhhh... a clam is pretty much ALMOST impoisible in a tank that size. its not all about light.

 

[CoolWaters]

Melev's Reef - 2 gallon Pico tank

this guy has it in is 2g (really 3g though)
not to mention this that will pack my 10g...

man this guy is all crazy...*twirlysmi *twirlysmi *twirlysmi

 

[TRe]

u kno how fast they will out grow that tank??? plus u dont have no where near enough light even if it was possible in a tank that small......

 

[aresgod]

not gonna happen, it is a waste of money, this is not about could you, it is about should you...and the answer is no.

 

[CoolWaters]

man u people are soo negative =/

guess i'll stick with my soft coral and some hard...

planning to upgrade light to a 32+ watt

maybe even a 40 depending how bad i want thos hard corals.

 

[eva]

It's not about people being negative, it's about doing what's right and humane in this hobby. The recommendations that you don't attempt these specimens is to save you some money and most importantly save these specimens from certain death.

 

[TheFool]

Sticking mucho light over a small tank like that is always going to give you temperature problems, else you could just use sunlight. If you want something a bit different some of the LPS that require manual feeding would be possible, combined with many water changes to get you round the water quality problems that feeding will cause.
I would be shy of trying to replicate some very adventurous, advanced aquarists like melev if you really aren't sure of what you're trying to do. Alternatively try to find the thread in reefcentral.com on Anthony Calfos nano. 2*36 watt pc's + 100% weekly water changes works very, very well ona 5 gallon.