coral lighting

can you put corals that need low lighting and corals that demand a lot lighting and leave the light on high

 

What types of corals, and what kind of lighting? It's depends what you have.

 

Yes, You will need to put the low light corals in a shaded area though.

 

I seriously wonder at this point:

Can you have a semblance of an idea what you mean to ask before you throw out these threads? You keep asking ultra-general questions, which usually aren't clear, and seemingly have no goal in mind.

We can help you much better if you come up with a plan, ask a whole bunch of questions in a single thread, and stick with the thread instead of abandoning it and asking the same question, or nearly the same question, minutes later.

 

Most people do just that or try to do just that in their set ups

lighting type?
corals in question?

there are many corals described as low light corals, but often it means they are OK in low to moderate lighting , but can tolerate higher lighting
hence you will see a species such as a Zoanthid, 20 inches deep in water under 2 x T5 lamps and doing fine, but also you can see the same species 20 inches under a 250 watt MH lamp and also doing fine
the same is true of Shrooms, leathers, colts, Xenia, GSP etc - they do OK at lower light levels, but do just as well under more intense light ( acclimatisation - once they get used to it)

there are some species of corals that wont do well under to much light ?(sun corals come to mind) and research on the needs of the individual coral is key here, as this will tell you if the lighting you have or the conditions in your tank in terms of shaded areas , caves, overhangs etc, will be acceptable

the light demanding corals - generally dont do well if there is not enough light and will fade, expell symbiotic algae and in many cases would probably not live long



Steve

 

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and leave the light on high - what do you mean, there is no setting for low or high on most fixtures, or do you mean leave it up high like hang it, or do you mean high like I smelled too many paint fumes?

 

Depending on how much light you have you'll be able to keep any coral. Of coarse, there are other things you need to consider on top of lighting, like water parameters. Please be more specific with your question so we can help.