Lighting

tami1024 · 12/19/2007, 06:18 AM

I have a 30 gal with 3 flowerpot corals, a purple sea fan, mushrooms, a barely survivng pulsating xenia and about 25 lbs of live rock. The lighting is a 15 and an 18 watt 50/50 coral light. I also have a 75 with a sun coral, 2 damsels, a tomato clown, an anenome, some algea plants and some blue and green polyps. And about 50 lbs of live rock. The lighting in this tank is a actinic vho 110 watt 10000k x's 2. What I was wondering is do I have adequete lighting for both tanks?

brians4671 · 12/19/2007, 06:36 AM

my 30 gallon has 2 65 watt 50 /50's......you said you had a 15 and 18 watt?

fishdoc11 · 12/19/2007, 06:36 AM

In the 30 you don't have enough but your non photosynthetic corals may be a good option for that tank. In the 75 it looks like your lighting is inadequate as well, especially if you have 2 atinics. If you added a couple of VHO's to your 75 that would provide a good bit of light and enable you to keep most corals well.........the anemone is the one I would worry about in that tank but that's only from reading about them as far as my experience.

hth, Chris

bkelley02 · 12/19/2007, 06:42 AM

The VHO's you have over your 75, are they actinic or 10000k's?

tami1024 · 12/19/2007, 05:54 PM

I have one vho and one actinic both 110 watts. what would be adequete for both tanks? I recently had an anemone that died and I was told from inadequete lighting. Hate to lose another one.

fishdoc11 · 12/19/2007, 06:30 PM

Probably the easiest and most economical would be to add T5 or VHO retros to either tank. Probably a couple more bulbs over the 75 and 3 or 4 over the 30. It really depends on what your budget is and what you hood setup is like etc........

12/19/2007, 06:18 AM	#1
tami1024 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Jupiter Fl Posts: 430	Lighting I have a 30 gal with 3 flowerpot corals, a purple sea fan, mushrooms, a barely survivng pulsating xenia and about 25 lbs of live rock. The lighting is a 15 and an 18 watt 50/50 coral light. I also have a 75 with a sun coral, 2 damsels, a tomato clown, an anenome, some algea plants and some blue and green polyps. And about 50 lbs of live rock. The lighting in this tank is a actinic vho 110 watt 10000k x's 2. What I was wondering is do I have adequete lighting for both tanks?

12/19/2007, 06:36 AM	#3
fishdoc11 catch and release Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Old Hickory,TN Posts: 13,237	In the 30 you don't have enough but your non photosynthetic corals may be a good option for that tank. In the 75 it looks like your lighting is inadequate as well, especially if you have 2 atinics. If you added a couple of VHO's to your 75 that would provide a good bit of light and enable you to keep most corals well.........the anemone is the one I would worry about in that tank but that's only from reading about them as far as my experience. hth, Chris __________________ "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something" -- Thomas H. Huxley Current Tank Info: 70 gallon mixed reef

12/19/2007, 06:30 PM	#6
fishdoc11 catch and release Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Old Hickory,TN Posts: 13,237	Probably the easiest and most economical would be to add T5 or VHO retros to either tank. Probably a couple more bulbs over the 75 and 3 or 4 over the 30. It really depends on what your budget is and what you hood setup is like etc........ __________________ "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something" -- Thomas H. Huxley Current Tank Info: 70 gallon mixed reef

12/19/2007, 06:36 AM	#2
brians4671 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: miami fl Posts: 2,088	my 30 gallon has 2 65 watt 50 /50's......you said you had a 15 and 18 watt?

12/19/2007, 06:42 AM	#4
bkelley02 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,117	The VHO's you have over your 75, are they actinic or 10000k's?

12/19/2007, 05:54 PM	#5
tami1024 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Jupiter Fl Posts: 430	I have one vho and one actinic both 110 watts. what would be adequete for both tanks? I recently had an anemone that died and I was told from inadequete lighting. Hate to lose another one.