kool thanks for the info

dead by dawn can u post some pics of ur tank in here?

Montipora digita (green)
" " (brown)
Euphila glabrescens
Euphila divisa
Trachyphilla geoffroyi
Caulastrea furcata
Symphyllia Valenoiennesii
Cynarina deshayesiana
Turbastraea faulkneri
Turbastrea diaphana
Clavularia sp
Briareumsp sp
Alcyanium sp
Sarcophyton sp
Paralemnalia sp
Antheila sp
Xenia sp
Gorgonia ventalina

Fish
fox face
six line wrasse
eight blue green chromis
copperband butterfly

And a selection of crabs etc
no3 hovers around 15ppm.cal 420 pp ..I will post some pics asoon as i get some :biggrin:

Would it not be more precise to say one could maintain these corals, not grow? I have 4x65 Watt PC lights and Corals survive but they don't grow!
I would say buy large specimens and stay away from Frags :cool:

I had 160watts of NO lighting. 80watts Atinic 80watts 10000k in a 90g tank. I had no problem with LPS or Softies they all did well and grew quite fast. Had it that way for 5 years.

Just my 2 cents

No it would no be precise to say i just maintain them,coral growth very good ive been able to frag most of my corals many times and have had two spawnings.

Was not pointing the finger there :lol: I run 260 watts over my tank with good water parameters but I get 0 growth. Glad to hear others are doing well. Myself, MH is in my future!

I've got a 120g that has 2x 55w of PC and 40w of NO actinic. Doesn't sound like much light, but compared to our 67g with 360w of VHO and a 37g with 175w of MH, the 120g is by far the brightest looking tank. All bulbs/tubes were changed at the same time this spring.

Anyway, the 120g grows magnificent xenia, mushrooms, GSP, BSP, various macroalgae and pretty good coraline. Haven't tried any lps in the tank because of a coral nipping lattice butterfly.

I try to keep alk at 8-10 dKH, Ca at 400- 425 ppm and Mg at 1300-1325 ppm in all three tanks.

thanks for all the helpful info and tips from everyone. if in the future i plan to run halides what do u recomend using for attinics and where can i pick one up?