Low light coral requirements?

ralphie16 · 05/17/2007, 12:21 PM

I have a new aquapod that has a couple of CF for lighting.

I do not plan on dosing any lime water, etc to maintain calcium levels and such.

With such a weak light (1-27W square pin Dual Daylight 6700Â°K/10000Â°K Daylight bulb, 1-27W square pin Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm Actinic bulb) and no additives, are there any recommended corals that I can keep besides mushrooms?

I am having no luck whatsoever with macroalgae so any ideas?

CookieJar · 05/17/2007, 01:47 PM

can you grow hair algae? j/k
Have you tried Green Star Polyps, or zoas- try brown ones 1st, that way you can't ruin them

frederickk · 05/17/2007, 07:31 PM

Zoa's mushroom even hammer coral or frogspawn should be ok.

05/17/2007, 12:21 PM	#1
ralphie16 Moved On Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,550	Low light coral requirements? I have a new aquapod that has a couple of CF for lighting. I do not plan on dosing any lime water, etc to maintain calcium levels and such. With such a weak light (1-27W square pin Dual Daylight 6700Â°K/10000Â°K Daylight bulb, 1-27W square pin Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm Actinic bulb) and no additives, are there any recommended corals that I can keep besides mushrooms? I am having no luck whatsoever with macroalgae so any ideas?

05/17/2007, 01:47 PM	#2
CookieJar Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mountain View, CA Posts: 545	can you grow hair algae? j/k Have you tried Green Star Polyps, or zoas- try brown ones 1st, that way you can't ruin them

05/17/2007, 07:31 PM	#3
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	Zoa's mushroom even hammer coral or frogspawn should be ok.