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well, this summer, i'm gonna set up a 29g reef, i'm planning on having 200w on it, and 30lbs of LR, and live sand, i've decided upon yellow polyps, and mushroom corals to start, and eventurally add brain and bubble coral, now to the main question, what sort of lighting should i use to acheive 200watts, i considered metal halides, but then i would either need fans blowing on the water to keep it cool, or a chiller, which is WAY to expensive 4 me, i want to keep the cost of lighting preferabbly under $250

the fish stocking is going to be,
1 Longnose Hawkfish
2 Firefish
and 1 Flame Angel after the tank matures a bit

and what other corals are easy to care 4 and grow (soft corals, POSSIBLY LPS)

Daka<<<<

I think thats a bit overstocked. Ive got a big book that says

In a reef tank you can have 1inch of fish every 7.5gals

For lighting how about compact fluros. I got a 228watt compact lighting setup on my 3 foot for less then $250 american dollars.

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i wouldnt go with the flame angel, they might nip at soft corals, i would go with a smaller angelfish or go with 2 clowns, but its up to you in the end.



EDIT: PC lights are a good way to go if you dont want MH's on your tank.

Last edited by rabbit at 14-Apr-2005 08:40

i would go with a smaller angelfish

Flames are a dwarf angel....cant get any smaller than them

Flames usually dont bother corals too much.....if they do its usually just a nip or pick here and there.....same with clams.



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What about pygmy angels?

What about pygmy angels?

The flame is a pygmy angel.

Pygmy means dwarf






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ahh ok, but in the marine books it states that pygmys grow smaller then dwarfes

an even better example of of dwarf angel is the cherub or the fireball!

There are lots of cool pygmy angels in the trade today. Common examples that I can think of would be C. argi, C. resplendens, C. joculator, C. interruptus, C. acanthops and C. loriculus of course. These were the ones most commonly commented on at the recent NERAC conference. Dwarf angels are cool. Not my personal favorite, but none the less very neat fish. They can have a tricky personality sometimes though. Always watch for signs of aggression as they mature. I've met (or seen rather ) reef safe flame angels, and others that were anything but reef safe. I think it also depends a lot on what you as the aquarist are feeding them.

For corals, my favorites that aren't SPS would be ricordia and zooanthids. My mom has chosen bubble corals, gonioporas, and allevoporas (sp.) for our tank. Hope that helps you out a bit.



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