Low Lighting Corals.

Discussion in 'Coral' started by shazane, May 15, 2010.

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  1. shazane

    shazane Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    What kind of corals can i get until I upgrade my lighting?
    I currently just have a 36" dual florescent over my 90 gallon.
    I hear Sponges, feather dusters, and Gargonians don't need high lighting.
    When I upgrade to T-5's is there such thing as too much light for the above?
    Any recommendations?
    Thanks!!
     
    shazane, May 15, 2010
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  2. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    nope. all above are filter feeders. except for some types of light demanding gorgs.
     
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  3. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Sponges and feather dusters aren't corals...

    Gorgonians are kinda hard to take care of; they need a special diet of plankton.

    They're regular fluorescent, T12 NO?
     
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  4. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Alot of soft corals will do alright in low light. Shrooms, zoo's ect. Before buying any Gorgs make sure that they are non-photosynthetic species. There are some that require intense light to survive.
     
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  5. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    Sun coral and chili coral.
     
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  6. shazane

    shazane Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Thanks guys!
    yea I have 2 t12's
     
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  7. shazane

    shazane Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Still open to more specific suggestions also.
    That sun coral looks really nice i am going to research it more.
     
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  8. NU-2reef

    NU-2reef Montipora Digitata

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    most mushrooms will do great,lots of variations. some leather corals,tree corals , star polyps, also if placed higher up in your tank closer to the lights, then some frogspawns/hammer/torch corals.
     
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  9. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    mushrooms mushroom mushroom! One of the most colourful tanks i ever saw was one just covered in all different types of mushrooms!
     
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  10. shazane

    shazane Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Really frog spawns? I have always liked the looks of them ill have to research them more.
    Thanks guys
     
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