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Originally Posted by Rawdogz  thank you that is a good start for me. with a 50/50 65 watt X2 coral life light source, what is the most intense coral i can get with out going to MH? |
Unfortuneitly you only have a total of 130 watts of 50/50 .
You are sorta limited as to what you can keep successfully in your tank
( most softies and stony's require strong lighting )
And never under estimate the need for proper lighting, it's what corals
depend on most , right next to proper water parameters.
On those lights though I would say you could keep (off the top of my head),
Star polyp grasses ( sevral kinds )
Clove polyps ( sevral kinds/colors )
Kenya tree
Xenia ( but they need to be high in tank , they love light the more the better it seems )
Colt coral ( grows real well under soft lighting )
some leathers such as a toadstool,devils hand,spaghetti ( but they really would prefer more light )
Montapora ( would be the only plating coral i would try with the lights that you have now and high in the tank )
Those above that i mentioned are the only one's i would try under the lighting that you have availible now.
And i'm not so sure some of the leather/monti would prosper/grow all that much.
Really depends on depth of the tank you have,
( spectrum and light intesity changes as depth increases )
Sadly NO stonys will do very well is such soft lighting , they really do require
intense lighting such as MH or T-5 or some mulitible floresents.
Perhaps you may consider a 4x's 65 in the near future.
or move to a combo mh/t-5 ( they make some real nice set ups now days )
I'd really prefer to see ya with a bit more light , I don't want ya to fail at it simply because the light wasint enough.
And it really seems your wanting to keep a varity of corals.
Good luck to you and your tank , it can be VERY rewarding and exciting to see a tank prosper.
Get some OOOOO's and Ahhhhh's when your friends come over and see that tank. lol
