Am I ready for Coral?

[sfragg]

Don't listen to the light snobs I have the same lights and I grow SPS just fine as long as you can get them high enough in the water they will grow. I have Cali tortes halfway up and they are growing fine.

 

[Saltine]

Don't listen to the light snobs I have the same lights and I grow SPS just fine as long as you can get them high enough in the water they will grow. I have Cali tortes halfway up and they are growing fine.

Thanks that's what I figured. To be honest it sounds like something's work for some and not others. Just try it out in your specific setup and see if it works...


Salt

 

[eeyore357]

This is the PAR chart for the lights.

 

[CStrickland]

I'd love a visual like that for my lights eeyore!
It's such a crap shoot if you don't have a meter (orbits excepted, .25w LEDs is what it is)
Wheredja get it from, or can you find mine?

 

[eeyore357]

That was on the link Saltine provided. It is what the company claims the par to be. I use that light on my 12" deep coral QT. It's a good light for what it is but IMO it doesn't put out enough for a 24" deep tank with SPS.

 

[Saltine]

That was on the link Saltine provided. It is what the company claims the par to be. I use that light on my 12" deep coral QT. It's a good light for what it is but IMO it doesn't put out enough for a 24" deep tank with SPS.

Thanks! Sps will be about 8-10inches from the light.

Salt

 

[jminick2]

Don't listen to the light snobs I have the same lights and I grow SPS just fine as long as you can get them high enough in the water they will grow. I have Cali tortes halfway up and they are growing fine.

only person being snobby would be the ONLY person calling people snobs for no reason.

 

[CStrickland]

Also, how is it even snobby to recommend cheaper lights with stronger penetration over ones with unnecessary bells and whistles? Don't listen to those snobs telling you not to overspend on a weak light with pointless frills! Keep it real and spend twice as much on something that won't grow sps more than 3" from the .25w LEDs!

 

[Saltine]

Also, how is it even snobby to recommend cheaper lights with stronger penetration over ones with unnecessary bells and whistles? Don't listen to those snobs telling you not to overspend on a weak light with pointless frills! Keep it real and spend twice as much on something that won't grow sps more than 3" from the .25w LEDs!

Either way this thread has been informative to me lets not muddy it up too much . Thanks all!

Salt

 

[Guy Fawkes]

There are light snobs on here. People need to be called out lol

 

[smittysmith2]

I have a 75 gallon reef tank with the Marine light. I've had it for a little over 7 months and I'm going to upgrade as soon as I save up enough for Radions. I have had a long tentacle anemone for about two or three months. I named him/her "Lurch". He has wandered quite a bit; but he/she prefers the bottom of the tank in the sand. The lack of PAR from the Marine doesn't seem to bother him/her.

 

[Fishkeeper44]

I would start with zoas or mushrooms

 

[shifty51008]

I have a 75 gallon reef tank with the Marine light. I've had it for a little over 7 months and I'm going to upgrade as soon as I save up enough for Radions. I have had a long tentacle anemone for about two or three months. I named him/her "Lurch". He has wandered quite a bit; but he/she prefers the bottom of the tank in the sand. The lack of PAR from the Marine doesn't seem to bother him/her.

but it is bothering her if she is moveing around, a happy anemone should stay in one place and hardly ever move

 

[shifty51008]

as for the OP I would start with leathers, zoas, shrooms, and maybe even something like a hammer or torch coral and see how things go

 

[Fish_BowLisha]

I have Kessil Led's and hammer and torch full extension even at the bottom of the tank. Only 20" deep though. Bought the hammer with 1 1/2 heads and now there are three. Still haven't seen any new growth on the torch though. So I moved it up to mid tank level about two weeks ago. Will see if that makes a difference. Anyway, my hammer is a hybrid Aussie. I'm new to corals and do target feed once a week with Red Sea A+B and combo of brine with spirulina, mysis and cyclopeze. My Xenia take up quite a bit of the nutrients though I'm not recommending them unless you want to hustle to give them away monthly!

 

[ct3737]

Nope

 

[mets17127]

Bayer is for redbugs on sps, the dip everyone else uses is basically iodine and can be used on all coral and attached rock