i have a 36 gallon bowfront tank that i am about to start stocking with corals once i get my nitrates down to below 10. i have a 130 watt light(65 actinic, 65 10,000K) w/moonlights over my tank. i am hoping to have enough light to have every type of coral except SPS. if i place each type accordingly (mushrooms on the bottom, LPS on the very top) can i keep all of them? my main concern is if the LPS corals will get enough light. i really want to keep some frogspawn, torch, and hammer LPS corals. will they be ok on the top? my tank is 20" deep and the top of my rock is about 8-10" from the top of my tank.
My Lighting For Corals...Please Help
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tkeracer619
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Eventually you might want to upgrade to T5s but for now you would be fine. How old are the bulbs? Fresh bulbs would be nice.
ok cool. im glad i will be fine for a while. the bulbs are a few months old but i barely used them cause all i have in the tank is fish so they havent been on for like 12 hours a day. they probably have a few more months on them before replacing.
so T5s would be better for my size tank than a MH? im not so clear on all the diff lighting types...but arent metal halides for deep tanks and t5s for less deep ones?
thanks for the help
so T5s would be better for my size tank than a MH? im not so clear on all the diff lighting types...but arent metal halides for deep tanks and t5s for less deep ones?
thanks for the help
