Candy cane coral lighting question

Pike614 · 01/31/2007, 06:07 PM

Hi,
I recently acquired a candy cane coral piece. This is the pale green version that glows under actinics. It is the size of a softball cut in half. I currently have him on the bottom of my 75g tank. I have a T5 fixture with 6 bulbs (4 actinics and 2 are 10,000K) The coral has not "inflated" yet, and I am wondering if this is too much light for this species. I have a neon green frag of 3 heads that seems to love the light and is fully inflated. Anyone have any experience with this species?
Thanks!

dustin323 · 01/31/2007, 06:36 PM

Probally just give it some more time to get used to its surroundings if the others are doing fine. A lot of LPS does like a bit of shade on them though.

01/31/2007, 06:07 PM	#1
Pike614 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,303	Candy cane coral lighting question Hi, I recently acquired a candy cane coral piece. This is the pale green version that glows under actinics. It is the size of a softball cut in half. I currently have him on the bottom of my 75g tank. I have a T5 fixture with 6 bulbs (4 actinics and 2 are 10,000K) The coral has not "inflated" yet, and I am wondering if this is too much light for this species. I have a neon green frag of 3 heads that seems to love the light and is fully inflated. Anyone have any experience with this species? Thanks!

01/31/2007, 06:36 PM	#2
dustin323 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 389	Probally just give it some more time to get used to its surroundings if the others are doing fine. A lot of LPS does like a bit of shade on them though.