gatohoser
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To answer this question exactly as you ask it and give you some general knowledge so that you understand why the answer is what it is: will corals grow under 4300k MH lighting?
Yes.
What makes a coral grow? Largely, it's the symbiotic algae contained in their tissues. And what makes that algae grow? Light and nutrients. As for the light part, the algae have the ability to absorb a broad spectrum of light. Pretty much from just beyond the blues that we can see to the redddest light we can see. There are areas of the spectrum where the light is more effective in stimulating photosynthesis, but pretty much if you can see light coming out of the bulb then it will cause growth for your coral. All the discussion about color is simply aesthetics and how fast you want the corals to grow. Hope that helps you to understand why you are getting the answers that you are.
Yes.
What makes a coral grow? Largely, it's the symbiotic algae contained in their tissues. And what makes that algae grow? Light and nutrients. As for the light part, the algae have the ability to absorb a broad spectrum of light. Pretty much from just beyond the blues that we can see to the redddest light we can see. There are areas of the spectrum where the light is more effective in stimulating photosynthesis, but pretty much if you can see light coming out of the bulb then it will cause growth for your coral. All the discussion about color is simply aesthetics and how fast you want the corals to grow. Hope that helps you to understand why you are getting the answers that you are.
