any nice corals for the shade?

[roons]

i have a few crevices id like to fill in, they would get some indirect light of course, but nothing from above.........anything nice i could put in there? wondering what i should look for as i have no idea..thanx

 

[impur]

Sun polyps, but you need to feed them

 

[zukihara]

Check out Blastos and acans and see if they fit where you are thinking about

 

[roons]

full names?

 

[zukihara]

Acanthastrea and Blastomussa

 

[donfishy76]

i would just use mushrooms because they fill in and look great under any lighting.

 

[roons]

mushroom, acan and blasto......................thats a start, ty

 

[fishfanv]

i 2nd the sun corals, but they are definitely more work as you have to feed every polyp.

 

[roons]

what is the name of these sun polyps, coral? cant find em

 

[donfishy76]

tubastrea sp.

 

[SDguy]

Depends on how much light you have...shade from NO fluorescent bulbs will be pretty dark, so I second the sun coral that requires a lot of feeding. Shade from a 400W MH light will still be pretty bright, even for shrooms and such. Feather dusters can also make nice fillers.

hth

 

[sundance1]

My red shrooms do great in the lower lighted areas of the tank,and are colorful.

 

[roons]

i have 8 bulb t-5 54w.................5 aquablue , 11,000 k i believe and 3 blue +..............................about 18" from substrate to bulbs........................


what about the bottom , what are the best corals for there? lobophyllia and brains so far i think?

 

[SDguy]

Zoa's and shrooms can be good candidates for the bottom since the "isolation" effect on the sand/bottom keeps them from spreading over your other corals. Many of the plate corals come in beautiful colors too. Saw a neon orange one at the LFS lately.

 

[roons]

just ordered a nice blasto piece, ill post pic when its acclimated, so shade is fine for blasto , your sure? does it spread like zoos?

 

[robmacy]

zoas, shrooms, & sun coral. sun coral is high maintenance because you have to target feed them.

 

[JENnKerry]

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