any coral with these lights?

[fishyz]

Hi, I'm setting up a 90 gallon tank, and I purchased a coralife 48" with two 65 watt actinic florescent lamps and two 65 watt daylight lights. My original thoughts were to make it a FOWLR tank, but the salesman told me that I would be able to have some simple corals. What corals would be ok under these lights? Thanks

 

[andydavis141]

what FLOWLR?

 

[fishyz]

fowlr= fish only with live rock.

 

[Buckeye1]

I have the exact same tank/lights and have had lots of success with many different corals. Here is a list of what's currently in my tank(and growing):

Bubble coral
hammer
frogspawn
pulsing xenia
zooanthids
Green Sinularia
Wellsyphilia(sp?)
Devils hand
Caulaustria
favia
Cauliflower coral(sinularia species?)
encrusting gorgonian
Mushroom anem.
Large bubble tip anemonie


hope that helps

 

[andydavis141]

ya anything but sps, and maybe even some sps, the list above looks pretty good. have a good day!

 

[BurntOutReefer]

dont forget our non-photo coral friends aswell...

 

[fishyz]

Thanks for all the help! Are there any types of sps that would be ok in low-light?
Buckeye1- how long have you had the bubble tip anemonie for?

 

[jski711]

i would try some sort of montipora and keep it higher in the tank.

 

[Buckeye1]

I've had the bubble tip anem for about 3 years now. He's doing fantastic. Split once. I feed him some shrimp or krill about once a week.

All of those on that list were either LPS or softies. I am also going to try a montipora as others have suggested.

Make sure you are dosing calcium at the very least. I use Kent CB, which is a two part calcium/buffer.