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05/23/2010, 12:47 AM
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newb coral lighting question
I have a corallife light fixture with four 21 inch 65 watt compact fluorescent lights on my 75 gallon. 2 of them are white and 2 of them are blue actinic.
reference pic  I am wondering what kind of corals I can have. A friend of mine with some experience in salt doesn't think I can have any anemone's ( one of my favorites). I know that the lighting isn't the greatest but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas/suggestions of what I can have that will stay healthy with these lights? I did a bit of searching but wasnt able to find the info I was looking for. |
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05/23/2010, 12:52 AM
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i would stick to softies and maybe a few LPS toward the top. I wouldn't try an anemone though
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05/23/2010, 06:38 AM
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you should start with softies then some lps i would forget anemones more then lighting they need a mature tank with stable prams. take your time and have fun
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05/23/2010, 10:49 AM
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I love salt water but the downside... takes forever to get going, and its so expensive!.
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05/23/2010, 11:25 AM
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ok i have a jembo light fixure for a 25 gallon tank... i was wondering how can i get more watts???
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05/23/2010, 11:29 AM
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Anyways, I've got the same light. They are 2 10k's and 2 actinics. A firend of mine has a 55 gal with the same light, switched the 2 10k's for half 10k half 6500. He seems quite successful, has a purple tip anemone and even a big old colorful clam sitting on the substrate. He has other stuff, too. But, he must have a salt thumb, 'cuz accordign to what I know, he is doing everything wrong. He uses tap water, uses cannister filters, puny little skimmer, has minimum rock more as a platform for his corals, has UV filter, sneers at refugiums, etc, stc, etc.
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