Light acclimation ?'s

Kaos · 04/29/2007, 08:33 AM

Ok, so I got some new corals yesterday (mostly zoo's). Right now they are on the sandbed so that they can get used to the light before I slowly move them to where they will be permantly mounted. My question is how long should I wait before I start moving them up? I was thinking leaving them on the sandbed for about a week and then move them a little higher (maybe an inch or two) up, leave them there for a week and then repeat until they get where I want them. What do you think?

Oh, yea, my tank spec's are in my sig.

seapug · 04/29/2007, 09:42 AM

wow, you have a lot of equipment on a 10 gallon. With 96 watts on a 10 gallon you can probably put them anywhere, but the plan you have seems pretty good.

04/29/2007, 08:33 AM	#1
Kaos "Lurker" Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,131	Light acclimation ?'s Ok, so I got some new corals yesterday (mostly zoo's). Right now they are on the sandbed so that they can get used to the light before I slowly move them to where they will be permantly mounted. My question is how long should I wait before I start moving them up? I was thinking leaving them on the sandbed for about a week and then move them a little higher (maybe an inch or two) up, leave them there for a week and then repeat until they get where I want them. What do you think? Oh, yea, my tank spec's are in my sig. __________________ Ordinary people are the ones scared to be themselves.

04/29/2007, 09:42 AM	#2
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	wow, you have a lot of equipment on a 10 gallon. With 96 watts on a 10 gallon you can probably put them anywhere, but the plan you have seems pretty good. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.