do i need to cycle?

Will I be able to support mushrooms with this? Coralife Mini Compact Fluorescent 50/50 Bulb at PETCO

 

Probably, yes, given the size of your tank. Mushrooms would probably grow with that bulb.

 

Dose anybody know of some non-photosynthetic coral?

 

Yes, but I would strongly recommend you not get those. Here's the thing - in order to feed those, you need food sitting in your water column for a long time. As this food degrades, it will pollute your water. Because you have such small water volume, your waste product concentration (nitrates, etc) will rise dramatically with each feeding.

Therefore, I would strongly recommend against non-photosynthetic corals such as sun corals, gorgonians, or carnation corals.

 

i like the pokemon stickers. i have a ten gallon that im setting up. i like your rockwork. i think i saw chaeto in one of those pics that will help some but you might just want corals in a 2 gallon aquarium. get a good fixture and some easy corals after your tank is cycled.

 

The last time my bedroom was remolded was when I was 9. I’m 15 now, but I still like pokemon.

Back to the subject, that was some chaeto, I also have 3 mangroves. I want to get some easy coral and maybe a shrimp or crab.

This is the light I will get
Coralife Mini Compact Fluorescent 50/50 Bulb at PETCO

 

my first instinct: absolutely not.

they do make a 20w version of the bulb however it's hard to find.

I actually have it... i'll sell it to you if you can't find it anywhere else!

anyways PM me if you want it... it's 50/50 10k/actinic... and i can't imagine using it anymore...


and seriously you'd be a lot better off using a 23/26w of this same type of bulb (CFL) in a 6500k color temperature.

10w is seriously not going to support any corals tho... i understand it's 5 watts per gallon, but this rule doesn't really apply to tanks under 20g.

it won't look that nice but it'll have enough PAR to support some low light corals and macroalgae... i have one over my fuge and it does a pretty swimming job at growing chaeto and coralline.

 

Is this the light you were talking about?
Coralife Mini Compact Fluorescent 50/50 Lamps - Lighting & Hoods - Fish - PetSmart

 

The original subject has been answered. We seem to have started talking about lighting. Is there anyway I can get a new thread started under "lighting", and get the lighting comments moved?

 

Just leave this thread be and start a new one in lighting