COnfused by too much reading

[reblatz]

I have been reading too much and have myself as to a good selection for growing coral. I have a bunch of zoas that I want to try to propagate and I have read that they grow fastest in 65000k to 10000k light but that they color up best in 14000k to actinic lights. So my thought is to have 1/2 of the tank be set up with 65000k or 10oook HO t%s and the other actinic and just grow them out fast on the one side and color them up on the other.

This sounds a bit too simplistic and that the faded color will not return in a reasonable amount of time. I would also probebly be growing some mushrooms and ricordia and some day maybe get rid of the softies and try some SPS. Does this method really work or is it just one of the theoretical things that "should" work.

Any other suggestions? Mixing the two?

Thanks

REB

 

[jdieck]

I would not worry too much, something in the mid range of 10K + actinic or 14K if no actinics will work very well. Thy will grow fast under most lighting anyhow as water parameters seem more critical and they are not really picky about lighting conditions unless the lighting is extremely powerful or really dark.
I have had them under all kind of lighting and they tend to do well under the full range although I settled to 14 K for tank aestetics also.