anybody ever grow anything colorful under pc lights??can u show me please

michaeltwana · 11/11/2006, 03:20 PM

anybody ever grow anything colorful under pc lights??can u show me please

thanks

Paintbug · 11/11/2006, 03:32 PM

everything here is under PC lights.
http://www.freewebs.com/paintbugsreef/pics.htm

gfk · 11/11/2006, 04:13 PM

my green hammer looked fine under PCs

everything else kind of looked dull, but now i have MH and it all colored up lol.

get mh

spence15610 · 11/11/2006, 10:41 PM

I used 6 - 65 watt PCs over my 75 for a couple years and every thing did pretty good, but then about 8 months ago I upgraded to 6 - 54 watt T5 ho bulbs with Icecap ballasts and reflectors and WOW! what a difference

IslandCrow · 11/12/2006, 12:20 AM

I've since upgraded to T-5s, but PCs are going to support most of your soft corals, which can be quite colorful, and quite a few LPS as well. I kept candy canes and a favites with very good success. I also kept a hammer coral with mediocre success, but since it still hasn't shown much growth under T-5s, it's unlikely that was a lighting issue. Mushrooms can always be nice for some color as well as certain leathers, favia you can probably get away with, among many others. PCs aren't great, but as long as you realize your restrictions, they aren't bad either, especially for the price.

awestruck · 11/12/2006, 07:09 AM

I have 2 pc's and 1 t5 over my 58--wish I had MH but I just can't afford them right now. However, I have some nice color in my tank--a gorgeous red meat coral (looks like a brain), a neon green open brain, red mushrooms, green mushrooms, a beautiful green pagoda cup, a frogspawn with neon green tips, and a huge bubble anemone. In my 29 I also have pc lighting and I have a pretty, bright yellow devil's hand, colorful zoos, green star polyps which are really green, and a small yellow leather and some other stuff. Undoubtedly you cannot get the awesome brightness with pc's and t5's like you can with MH, and the sps that require that type of lighting are like beautiful rainbows, but you can still find some pretty corals if you take your time and look! BTW, I also have a BRIGHT orange tree sponge which is very cool. He definitely makes the tank "POP" with color

Good luck.

aquarius77 · 11/13/2006, 03:09 AM

my stuff is under pc and does pretty good. I get growth, good color, and even some softie and lps reproduction.
The tank is pretty new there arent any really new pics in my album but things look better than ever. I will be upgrading to MH when the bulb needs changed tho.

Here are some pics

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../Salty%20Reef/

michaeltwana · 12/14/2006, 02:16 PM

bump

jpa0741 · 12/14/2006, 03:04 PM

320 watts pc.

goreefer · 12/14/2006, 03:16 PM

This was my tank before I switched to T5's. I ran 220 watts of PC's.

MarkT · 12/14/2006, 08:00 PM

Here are some photos of my 180 gallon tank with PC's.

http://community.prestage.com/photos...f/default.aspx

sean48183 · 12/14/2006, 09:17 PM

I have kept stuff under pcs for about 3 years and have noticed that they don't grow very fast. They look color wise like when I bought them out of a tank with mh's but don't seem to grow as fast. My ricordia hasn't grown in 3 years at all. Just stays the same. My trumpet grows relatively fast as well as xenia but zoo's and most other stuff is slow.

Tripspike · 12/14/2006, 10:43 PM

cubber · 12/15/2006, 08:08 AM

1 - 65 watt 10k pc and 1 - 65 watt Actinic 03 pc over this tank:

11/11/2006, 03:20 PM	#1
michaeltwana Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: north dakota Posts: 267	anybody ever grow anything colorful under pc lights??can u show me please anybody ever grow anything colorful under pc lights??can u show me please thanks

11/11/2006, 03:32 PM	#2
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	everything here is under PC lights. http://www.freewebs.com/paintbugsreef/pics.htm __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

11/12/2006, 12:20 AM	#5
IslandCrow Reef Monkey Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rockledge, Fl Posts: 5,759	I've since upgraded to T-5s, but PCs are going to support most of your soft corals, which can be quite colorful, and quite a few LPS as well. I kept candy canes and a favites with very good success. I also kept a hammer coral with mediocre success, but since it still hasn't shown much growth under T-5s, it's unlikely that was a lighting issue. Mushrooms can always be nice for some color as well as certain leathers, favia you can probably get away with, among many others. PCs aren't great, but as long as you realize your restrictions, they aren't bad either, especially for the price. __________________ All opinions in the above message should be taken with 35 ppt salt. -Mike C. Current Tank Info: I have a reef screen saver on my phone, does that count?

11/12/2006, 07:09 AM	#6
awestruck Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,572	I have 2 pc's and 1 t5 over my 58--wish I had MH but I just can't afford them right now. However, I have some nice color in my tank--a gorgeous red meat coral (looks like a brain), a neon green open brain, red mushrooms, green mushrooms, a beautiful green pagoda cup, a frogspawn with neon green tips, and a huge bubble anemone. In my 29 I also have pc lighting and I have a pretty, bright yellow devil's hand, colorful zoos, green star polyps which are really green, and a small yellow leather and some other stuff. Undoubtedly you cannot get the awesome brightness with pc's and t5's like you can with MH, and the sps that require that type of lighting are like beautiful rainbows, but you can still find some pretty corals if you take your time and look! BTW, I also have a BRIGHT orange tree sponge which is very cool. He definitely makes the tank "POP" with color Good luck. __________________ I received the best gift ever today: My son told me that he loves me. Current Tank Info: 65g. w/20g. sump; Reef Octopus Skimmer; (2) x 150w. MH and (2) x 65w. pc. sump-mixed reef

11/11/2006, 04:13 PM	#3
gfk Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Benicia, CA Posts: 1,601	my green hammer looked fine under PCs everything else kind of looked dull, but now i have MH and it all colored up lol. get mh

11/11/2006, 10:41 PM	#4
spence15610 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 201	I used 6 - 65 watt PCs over my 75 for a couple years and every thing did pretty good, but then about 8 months ago I upgraded to 6 - 54 watt T5 ho bulbs with Icecap ballasts and reflectors and WOW! what a difference

11/13/2006, 03:09 AM	#7
aquarius77 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highland, Il Posts: 2,198	my stuff is under pc and does pretty good. I get growth, good color, and even some softie and lps reproduction. The tank is pretty new there arent any really new pics in my album but things look better than ever. I will be upgrading to MH when the bulb needs changed tho. Here are some pics http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../Salty%20Reef/

12/14/2006, 02:16 PM	#8
michaeltwana Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: north dakota Posts: 267	bump

12/14/2006, 03:04 PM	#9
jpa0741 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MI Posts: 1,392	320 watts pc.

12/14/2006, 03:16 PM	#10
goreefer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 825	This was my tank before I switched to T5's. I ran 220 watts of PC's.

12/14/2006, 08:00 PM	#11
MarkT Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 27	Here are some photos of my 180 gallon tank with PC's. http://community.prestage.com/photos...f/default.aspx

12/14/2006, 09:17 PM	#12
sean48183 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: michigan Posts: 1,577	I have kept stuff under pcs for about 3 years and have noticed that they don't grow very fast. They look color wise like when I bought them out of a tank with mh's but don't seem to grow as fast. My ricordia hasn't grown in 3 years at all. Just stays the same. My trumpet grows relatively fast as well as xenia but zoo's and most other stuff is slow.

12/14/2006, 10:43 PM	#13
Tripspike Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bristol, CT Posts: 875

12/15/2006, 08:08 AM	#14
cubber Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 311	1 - 65 watt 10k pc and 1 - 65 watt Actinic 03 pc over this tank: