lighting and corals?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Zoos are also low light. There are many reefers who have had good success with various corals under VHO. I think Marie in Powell River had hers grow like crazy under VHO & only recently did she switch to MH. Just make sure the med. light corals go up higher & the low light ones stay low.

For people starting out, it is usually more cost effective to just spend the $$ on MH because most of us tend to like higher & higher light requiring animals (ie. clams) that really do best under MH & not having to upgrade is sooooo much cheaper. However, since you already have a VHO system, keep your corals high & you should be ok.

Anthony

[Willow]

brown zoos like lower light, anything with colour is going to want higher wattage light.

[seashells]

Originally Posted by Willow

brown zoos like lower light, anything with colour is going to want higher wattage light.

Except for maybe pink or yellow carnation corals.

[Willow]

well carnation coral isnt really a zoo now is it

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Willow

brown zoos like lower light,

and that is a generalization also as my Brown Zoo's loved the MH.. I still contend any coral soft, LPS or SPS (aside from a select few) will do just as good if not better under more intense lighting if it is introduced properly.

Steve

[marie]

Here's a pic of my 75g before I put MH's on it. There are 4 110w vhos

[TheReefGeek]

Was there a noticeable difference when you did go to MH?

Great looking tank by the way, how long did that cap take to grow!

[marie]

Here's a pic taken 2 months after I put metal halides on the tank and approx 6 months after the last pic was taken

[TheReefGeek]

Impressive growth!

Do you think stuff is growing faster under the halides?

[possitive k]

wow thanks for all the info, i will eventualy go to mh but right now funds are short and i want to get a good set up. thanks again for the info.
by the way nice tank marie.