Enough Light?..

[Tree6foot6]

i have a biocube 14 with the stock 48 watts of lighting is this enough light to keep LPS?

Thanks Andrew

 

[Tree6foot6]

Anybody?

 

[TomDe]

What is that PC light? I think you would be able to keep a lot of LPS under it. May not get the best colors in the world but you should be able to keep them.

 

[wan 2 B reef'in]

If you go by the (watt/gal) idea that puts you at just under 3.5 watts/ gal. (3.43). If I remember correctly you need/ want at least 4 watts/ gal. I could be wrong though. You could try some lps and just put them up high in the tank so they are closer to the light.

I had tried a pineapple coral with only a triple tube flor. fixture in my 90 with only 104 watts and it was doing well only 1.15 watts/ gal. I can say I've seen many of those size tanks with lps in them doing very well, so I think you would be ok.

... good luck

 

[Bud's Reef]

I have a 24G Aquapod with 64w PC and have a Frogspawn that is doing pretty well. It has two heads and both heads have split their mouths in two so I think it is getting ready to split the heads. Under the light/watt calculation I have less than you have so I think you would be ok too. I put it about two thirds of the way up so its only about 6 inches from the lights.

 

[fancyfish]

what kind of lights? VHO, florecent, metal halide etc. wattage is not the best way to determine what you can keep