lighting and corals?

Willow · #1 04-19-2006, 07:02 AM

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

seashells · #2 04-19-2006, 07:20 AM

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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 · #3 04-19-2006, 07:22 AM

well carnation coral isnt really a zoo now is it

StirCrazy · #4 04-19-2006, 12:15 PM

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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 · #5 04-19-2006, 02:53 PM

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

TheReefGeek · #6 04-19-2006, 05:12 PM

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 · #7 04-19-2006, 09:04 PM

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 · #8 04-19-2006, 09:17 PM

Impressive growth!

Do you think stuff is growing faster under the halides?

marie · #9 04-19-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Impressive growth!

Do you think stuff is growing faster under the halides?

Yes, everything did grow faster but that's not necessarily a good thing

. It meant my cal and alk consumption skyrocketed and I very rapidily ran out of room and had to do some major pruning. I was actually happier with the growth under vho's and the colour was good. The only thing I didn't like, was all the sps needing the top half of the aquarium.

possitive k · #10 04-20-2006, 04:58 AM

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.