Hello everyone,
Since I am a newby to this hobby, the following terms have confused me to an extreme stance:
1. Low, moderate and strong lighting
2. Low, moderate and strong flow
3. Slow, moderate and fast growers
These terms are of uttermost importance (according to me) for any new reefers to know since the success and failure of keeping corals will depend upon the lighting and flow (growth rate being a personal choice) beside keeping the correct water quality about which there are lots of references. But I have been unsuccessful about getting to know about what is considered to be low, moderate, strong lighting/flow.
Below is the image of my tank:
Lighting:
Its a 20 long with a coralife 30" T5HO fixture (total 62W). The height of this tank is 12". So I am confused which levels to consider as high, medium and low lighting locations? There are caves at the back of the LR too.
Flow:
I am using a maxijet 400 on the left (120gph) and a koralia nano (240gph) on the right. Given the dimension of my tank, which probable positions can be considered as strong, medium and low flow. I can't deduce it since I don't know whether the flow adjacent to the PH are considered to be strong flow or something like within 10cm from the PH is considered to be strong flow.
Growth:
I am also confused about the "relative" term of growth rate. Like are fast growers are like spreads/splits in several weeks or several months? Maybe knowing one relative term will explain the other two.
Sorry for such a big post but I really need to know about these terms so that I can properly place the corals that I will be getting with time.
Thanks in advance
