Coral light requirements

Discussion in 'Coral' started by junior279, Nov 30, 2012.

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  1. junior279

    junior279 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have a 75 gallon tank with an aquaticlife 4 bulb t5 light. I want to start adding corals but i am unsure of what corals to add. Many of the beginner coral say medium light requirements in the description. Are these lights considered a medium light requirement? These lights give me 2.88 watts per gallon.
     
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  2. newtosalt

    newtosalt Spaghetti Worm

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    what bulbs are you running? i have 4x54 t5s and i keep lps sps and soft corals and they all to amazing i bought a blasto with one head a month ago it now has over 6 and more little ones popping out so what are the bulbs i have 2 10k 1 actinic and a 20k
     
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    Using good bulbs (ATI, KZ, etc) and individual reflectors you could grow sps.
     
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  4. junior279

    junior279 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I am currently using the bulbs that came with the aquaticlife fixture. One 10k, two 420/460 actincs and a 460/620 purple bulb. I will replace these bulbs with some ATI bulbs. I have the 10k running 8 hrs and the Actinics running 12 hrs.
     
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