low light corals
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hey it seems we're both getting into SW.. i just wanna go out there and blow all my money but i stil got a lot of homework to do. i have an empty 10 with and incandescent hood and i was thinking about gettin' those CORALIFE 50/50 10,000K bulbs from Drs. Foster and Smith.. would those be sufficient to grow some LPS corals? more specifically hammer corals and frogspawn, oo i love those. and some ricordia too.
where you gonna get the 65 watt compact flo's from dbacksrat?
btw, my bad for jackin' yer thread.. i just thought i'd ask a similar question and save some space by not starting a brand new thread.
where you gonna get the 65 watt compact flo's from dbacksrat?
btw, my bad for jackin' yer thread.. i just thought i'd ask a similar question and save some space by not starting a brand new thread.
www.ahsupply.com youve got to build the hood (which is cake) and its real cheap.
most of those guys on nano-reef didn't begin with nanos...they got their proverbial feet in the water on something larger.
as far as low light corals, the Sun Polyp pops into my mind...it is actually a non-photosynthetic (aka "No Light") coral, bear in mind you would have to feed it. With that little amount of light you are limiting yourself a lot...why not get the 2x55 kit from AHsupply and be able to keep most soft corals you would want? its like $100 including bulbs if i recall....just a thought
most of those guys on nano-reef didn't begin with nanos...they got their proverbial feet in the water on something larger.
as far as low light corals, the Sun Polyp pops into my mind...it is actually a non-photosynthetic (aka "No Light") coral, bear in mind you would have to feed it. With that little amount of light you are limiting yourself a lot...why not get the 2x55 kit from AHsupply and be able to keep most soft corals you would want? its like $100 including bulbs if i recall....just a thought
hmm i'll try other places....that fish place seems to be better priced by a couple of dollars....i requested a catalog from big al's, and i got the january one (prices valid to the 31st of jan) on january 30th....i guess i gotta send away for another catalog....building the hood would be easy for me (actually, for my dad) because he builds cabinets and all kinds of other cool things--he built my stand for my 20 gallon fw
Forget watts per gallon - it's a very poor way to work out what you need. Look at each case on it's own merits and think about it.
Despite what the guys on nanoreef think going to metal halide on little tanks is quite risky. You will invariably get much higher evap rates as the bulbs are hot, and hoods typically aren't used, or are loose fitting. Compacts in the US, T5's in europe.
Despite what the guys on nanoreef think going to metal halide on little tanks is quite risky. You will invariably get much higher evap rates as the bulbs are hot, and hoods typically aren't used, or are loose fitting. Compacts in the US, T5's in europe.
Compacts, VHO, and regular outputs(in some cases) are fine for smaller aquariums. I had 2x regular 15watt output fluorescents on my 20 gallon reef. My mushrooms and assorted polyps did fine. I upgraded to a Coralife 65watt hood and it works fine.
As for Method, a single 50/50 normal fluorescent light will not support your LPS corals.
Sam Reef
As for Method, a single 50/50 normal fluorescent light will not support your LPS corals.
Sam Reef