Will NO bulbs cause corraline to grow?

[MJAnderson]

I have a 20g long tank that I was using for QT but now that I'm fully stocked I thought I would throw some extra LR in with some leftover base rock to seed it for future use. The only light I have is a NO flourescent from my freshwater setup. Will corraline grow under it?

 

[mattyice]

yeah coraline will grow under that, i have 4 NO T5's over a 40G breeder with with barely adding any calcium i seeded a rock with coraline in less then a month

 

[mattyice]

yeah coraline will grow under that, i have 4 NO T5's over a 40G breeder with with barely adding any calcium i seeded a rock with coraline in less then a month so just add alot of calcium to the system, and just keep the LR and a powerhead in there and it will seed fast and will get great colors, i would fiji gold coral and live rock food to really get the coraline going

 

[serpentman]

My refugium has two 6500K NO (40W) flourescents and it is overgrowing with coralline.

 

[cowcio]

I have had coraline grow with a flood light. I would imagine you'll be just fine.

I have even had coraline grow with zero lighting! I just kept the heat, calc/alk, and SG levels appropriate.


Here's a helpful site:
http://www.garf.org/coralline.html

 

[MJAnderson]

Thanks all