New tank!

mattjfishman · 12/28/2007, 08:20 PM

I just setup my first saltwater aquarium today, It's a 15 gallon. For the lighting it has two compact florecents(sp). My question is if I put higher wattage bulbs in could I have corals? I would really lile to have some zoos and some shrooms and some others. also at my lfs they have a fairly large reef type tank and in they have, I don't know exactly what it is, but it"s some type of kelp I think, can I keep that in my tank?

mattjfishman · 12/28/2007, 08:37 PM

any one??

reefkeeper135 · 12/28/2007, 08:52 PM

mushrooms should be fine, from experience I can tell they grow most anywhere including my sump...lol so i would say after your tank cycles mushrooms wouldn't be out of the question

chrismunn · 12/28/2007, 08:57 PM

i had a bunch of stuff under my pc's... shrooms should be fine. i would worry more about stable parameters if you want to keep anything else.

reefkeeper135 · 12/28/2007, 08:58 PM

you can see some of mine grow in complete shade

mattjfishman · 12/28/2007, 09:56 PM

Ok thanks sooooooooooooooooooooooo much I'm so excited about this tank it's not even funny.

mattjfishman · 12/28/2007, 11:19 PM

What corals can be succesfully grown under compact florcents?

InvaderJim · 12/28/2007, 11:23 PM

Mushrooms, Zoas, Xenia, Kenya Trees, a lot of the softies can be kept under CPs.

mattjfishman · 12/28/2007, 11:26 PM

Thanks for the reply so quickly! I wan't to have corals but didn't no which ones could survive.

InvaderJim · 12/28/2007, 11:29 PM

Np. I had this fixture on my 10g tank and I kept Zoas, Kenya Trees, Frogspawn, Xenia, and Mushrooms without any problems.

http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp...OD&ProdID=1323

mattjfishman · 12/28/2007, 11:32 PM

K, thanks

12/28/2007, 08:20 PM	#1
mattjfishman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 282	New tank! I just setup my first saltwater aquarium today, It's a 15 gallon. For the lighting it has two compact florecents(sp). My question is if I put higher wattage bulbs in could I have corals? I would really lile to have some zoos and some shrooms and some others. also at my lfs they have a fairly large reef type tank and in they have, I don't know exactly what it is, but it"s some type of kelp I think, can I keep that in my tank?

12/28/2007, 08:37 PM	#2
mattjfishman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 282	any one?? __________________ The scoop on the poop that keeps you in the loop... Current Tank Info: About 40 tanks..

12/28/2007, 08:57 PM	#4
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	i had a bunch of stuff under my pc's... shrooms should be fine. i would worry more about stable parameters if you want to keep anything else. __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

12/28/2007, 09:56 PM	#6
mattjfishman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 282	Ok thanks sooooooooooooooooooooooo much I'm so excited about this tank it's not even funny. __________________ The scoop on the poop that keeps you in the loop... Current Tank Info: About 40 tanks..

12/28/2007, 11:19 PM	#7
mattjfishman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 282	What corals can be succesfully grown under compact florcents? __________________ The scoop on the poop that keeps you in the loop... Current Tank Info: About 40 tanks..

12/28/2007, 08:52 PM	#3
reefkeeper135 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Yuma Arizona Posts: 531	mushrooms should be fine, from experience I can tell they grow most anywhere including my sump...lol so i would say after your tank cycles mushrooms wouldn't be out of the question

12/28/2007, 08:58 PM	#5
reefkeeper135 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Yuma Arizona Posts: 531	you can see some of mine grow in complete shade

12/28/2007, 11:23 PM	#8
InvaderJim Coral Junkie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,163	Mushrooms, Zoas, Xenia, Kenya Trees, a lot of the softies can be kept under CPs.

12/28/2007, 11:26 PM	#9
mattjfishman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 282	Thanks for the reply so quickly! I wan't to have corals but didn't no which ones could survive. __________________ The scoop on the poop that keeps you in the loop... Current Tank Info: About 40 tanks..

12/28/2007, 11:29 PM	#10
InvaderJim Coral Junkie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,163	Np. I had this fixture on my 10g tank and I kept Zoas, Kenya Trees, Frogspawn, Xenia, and Mushrooms without any problems. http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp...OD&ProdID=1323

12/28/2007, 11:32 PM	#11
mattjfishman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 282	K, thanks __________________ The scoop on the poop that keeps you in the loop... Current Tank Info: About 40 tanks..