Corals with these lights

Discussion in 'Coral' started by Jamos5790, Mar 25, 2009.

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  1. Jamos5790

    Jamos5790 Plankton

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    What would be a good colorful coral to start off with. A little history for those who dont know; the tank has been running for @18 months with only LR, the CUC, and the eel in it. The main reason I havent put anything else in there was the lights were normal fluresent lights. I now have my T5 light fixture in place and looking good. The lights came from buildyour aquarium.com, from recomendations of some members of SWF. It is a 4 bulb setup, 1 10k, 1 18k, and 2 atinics. Each bulb has its own reflector. Looking for some colorful corals to go in there. The tank is a 75 gal.

    I have Xenia, Kenya tree, shrooms, zoas,sun coral(my fave), torch frag, birdsnest frag and a few other frags in my 24gal.

    I just started with the Hard corals but they all seem to be doing great, my birdsnest seems to have grown since I got it from Jason.

    Anyways to stay on topic what would be a colorful easy coral to keep in the new tank? I think the Green Birdsnest is really cool looking, how is the care on it?
     
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  3. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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  4. Jamos5790

    Jamos5790 Plankton

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    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Is the eel reef safe? I am unfamiliar with them.
     
  7. Jamos5790

    Jamos5790 Plankton

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    Well he was in another tank of mine for awhile...never messed with the fish or coral just ate my shrimp though.
     
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  9. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    You could probably go with decent stuff if kept up top, but IMHO you should have gone with double the lighting you have now