Wat can I keep ?

[RyanDragon]

If I have a 35 gallon Hex aquarium with 1 10000K Coral Sun ( 15 watt) and 1 420nm Marine Glo Actinic( 15 watt), wat coral can i keep that will reproduce and thrive? the dimension for the tank is 22'' high X 11.5'' for each square( 6 squares)

 

[Packersfan21]

Well, that really isn't a lot of wattage, but mushrooms should work if they're [laced high up in the tank w/ low to medium flow, and will reproduce quickly.

 

[Mariner]

I'd agree. You MIGHT have luck with mushrooms, but that's about it. A sun coral would be another possibility -- they don't require light, but you have to feed them by hand.
If you're serious about keeping corals you'll need to upgrade your lighting significantly.
HTH,
Mariner

 

[RyanDragon]

actually I curently have a green button polyps frag and 1 red, 1 purple disconoma mushroom. they're doing great, I also have a haitian anemone for 6 months under nothing but a single 10000K bulb, and it's doing fine...lol I don't know y ( I just got the actinic last week) btw can I keep a pulsing xenia, cause those coral look very neat they close up and open up constansly...

 

[RyanDragon]

bump....

 

[crvz]

xenia may do ok, but sounds like you've already begged out most of the corals that will survive under that light.

 

[RyanDragon]

will polyps and zoa be ok ??

 

[stanlalee]

you cant keep any photosynthesizing corals under that lighting. Right now you have the least demanding corals there are (mushrooms require the least amount of light and button polyps are highly adaptable/hard to kill). they MIGHT survive but they wont thrive, mutliply or look their best. you need another tube or two minimum to keep the low light stuff but if you want a thriving reef tank just upgrade already.

If Haitian anemone as in Haitian Condi it requires VERY high light and is garaunteed a goner under your lights. the only reason its still alive is it takes up to a year for an anemone to die. its biologically impossible for it to be "doing well" under 30 watts of flourescents.

 

[RyanDragon]

it's not a condi

 

[Mariner]

Listen, I'm the king of growing corals under lower light situations. My 75g only had normal output flourescent lighting for years, and it doesn't have much more now .... but it still has relatively a lot more light than what you've got.
Xenia love light. You'd need to triple what you've got in order to keep them happy and healthy.
Here's a pic of some of mine, along with several other lower light species that you could grow IF you at least TRIPLE YOUR LIGHTING! (I'd suggest looking into a 175w metal halide retrofit.)

Mariner

 

[RyanDragon]

wow, ur mushrooms are in complete shade, do they reproduce??? cause my mushrooms are in the middle, and the polyps go all the way to the top about 4'' below the light ((( btw could I get a xenia frag from u ?? ))) lol just kidding....but nice tank,, I'm saving money to buy a 130watts dual compact satellite fixture....so that would make 4.2 watts per gallon for my tank.. but i have to wait till christmas