I've not had a reef tank in a while, mainly because of my work and school schedule, which limits my time (and money) that I can allocate to my tank(s). Which is why my tanks are FOWLR at this time. I recently freed up my 150g tank (6' long) by re-homing my jumbo Queen trigger to another RC member who put her in a 1000 gallon tank. Anyhow, I'm thinking I want to do a low-maintenance, low-light tank that has few corals with live rock, live sand and a few reef safe fish. It will have a 29g sump/fuge that I am in the process of making. I will have flow via a Seio 2600 and an 820. Added filtration will be via a Fluval FX5. The only way this will not fly is my lighting, which is standard fluorescent lights, 6x55watters = 330 watts of light over a 6' tank. What types of corals (if any) will thrive in a tank like this? GSP's, Xenia, mushrooms?
Low light corals - 330 watts enough?
- Thread starter jmccown
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firefish2020
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Most zoas, palys, some xenia strains, mushrooms, some rics, even some LPS such as fox, bubbles. You might be surprised.
Tazbader
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Is it in a hood? Is it a DIY light? Only reason I am asking is if it was maybe you could throw some more up there at a later time. I kept some mushrooms, anthelia, green daisys, yellow polyps and some very large green ritteri anemones and a gigas clam under 8 x 40 watt daylight actinics in a hood I made myself. They all did very well........... 320 watts on a 75g it does work.........
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