ricordia and t5 lighting

[cepaw]

I was wondering how many people have t5 lighting (only)
and what kind of success you are having with ricordia, I read a lot of threads saying t5"s are too much light for most mushrooms...
I have a nice orange ric in my 55 bal (pc"s)
and will be upgrading to a 120 gal, and t5"s
I plan on adding more rics (I love them)
also...what size tanks
how many watts
what bulbs are used
Thank you...........

 

[SilverBack27]

I have 4 48" t5 bulbs over my 75 gal reef and i have not had any problems with my rics or any other corals for that means.

54 watt x 4 = 216 watts

2 Bulbs are actinic+

2 Bulbs are aquablue+

 

[cepaw]

thank for the reply
did you always use t5's ?
or did you switch over from something else ?

 

[j_beau_13]

dont mean to change the subject...but do you have a pic of your tank with that bulb combination because i was going to use that combo with my 6 bulb setup

 

[mikekman]

I have rics on my 5x39 watt T5.

I have had to put the ricordias down near the bottom of the tank because the light was too much for them on the top.

Mike

 

[SilverBack27]

i always use the t5s that is my only lights and sorry i don't have a pic my camers isn't the best in the world. I will see if I can get some decent pics this week though.

 

[SilverBack27]

Here is a half decent pic of some rics in my tank but this pic was taken w the flash on still need to get a good camera for a full tank shot to show what the light combo looks like though sorry it isn't the best quality but here goes nothing. Oh and I hope I did the resize corectly.