Can you keep sps in your refugium?

[garvin90]

I will be setting up a refuge(either 20L or tall) and was wondering if there would be to little flow through there for any sps corals? The lighting I was going to go with is one of those halide shop type lights from lowes or home depot, a 150w bulb.

Would this be A. the right and enough light and B. Being a refuge, would there be enough flow?

Macro overgrowth would not be a factor here.

 

[chadfarmer]

yes but probally will lose color and not grow

 

[garvin90]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7662402#post7662402 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chadfarmer
yes but probally will lose color and not grow

Well if they will lose color and not grow wouldnt that be bleaching meaning you cant keep them in there?

 

[DitchPlains2]

no

no

unless you have a true refuge like most of us do not have, ie; mh lighting macro, sand bed and flor n fauna growth.

David

 

[Orochimaru]

if you have enough light and flow, I don't see why not. It's still the same water.

 

[twon8]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7666548#post7666548 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garvin90
Well if they will lose color and not grow wouldnt that be bleaching meaning you cant keep them in there?

losing color is not the same as bleaching. Losing color means the bright colors will turn to brown.
Why would you want to keep them in your refuge?

 

[garvin90]

I am running out of room in the main display from my leathers and mushrooms and figured an area in the refuge set aside for them would look interesting.

So, would one of those 150w shop halides be enough lighting for them in a 20gal long or tall? I was thinking nothing fancy or large, maybe acros, m. digita or porites.

 

[nebraskareef]

Garvin, unless the bulb is at least 6500K you're going to be wasting your time. I've got a m57 ballast thats seen better days, but will fire 175w bulbs that I'd give you for a frag or something that would work fine for the setup.

I'm right down I-80 buddy, let me know
Daniel

 

[garvin90]

Thats awesome, are you coming to the meet and greet on next saturday? Maybe you could bring it then, are you sure you just want to give it away?

 

[AcroSteve]

Put the leathers and mushrooms in the fuge. They will do better than any sps

 

[garvin90]

That might work better since Im planning on using a 40 as a fuge instead of the originally planned 20. Im sure my clown gobies would love to have sps to perch on although they seem to make out fine in the caulerpa.

 

[AcroSteve]

The gobies will like it, but the SPS will not.