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	Lighting for my tank
dredd969 Fingerling Posts: 22 Kudos: 22 Votes: 4 Registered: 11-May-2005	Acouple of months ago I started my first Salt tank. Its a 29 long. So far I have 20 lbs of live rock, 2 3 stripe dams, 2 yellow tail dams, and 1 bi-color angel. I was just wondering if the lighting I was going to get is good enough to start doing some coral and such. Its a Coralife 30" 2x65w with a 10,000k and a True Actinic blue lunar bulb. Thanks.
Posted 05-Mar-2006 16:35
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Your angel would probably nip and eat your corals. IMO,Get rid of it if you want corals.Otherwise, yes that light would be fine for softies and LPS towards the top. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 05-Mar-2006 17:09
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	The lighting will be good for some corals. But your tank will be over stocked. Reef tanks generally have a lower stocking level because many corals don't do well with higher bioloads. The angel may be a problem, and teh damsels will be rather aggressive. Not to mention nearly impossible to get out once start adding more rock for corals. You may want to consider a different stocking for the tank. Dan
Posted 05-Mar-2006 19:58


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