Newbie Question

HI,
I was wondering about are there any polyps that can tolerate less light maybe some species that have eveolved in deeper depths. I have two light one blue one sun like but not that high out put stuff just flourecent.
Doug

 

button polyps and star polyps should be okay but the spread like wildfire if they're happy.

 

Zoos, shrooms, xenia are all relatively forgiving. They can survive and grow with ~2W/Gal. But mine like their 9W/Gal I give them.

 

Most corals that have lower light requirements enjoy a more nutrient rich water. feeding becomes very important .
There are some great ones: Mushrooms, Non-photosynthetic Gorgonia, Sun polyps (my Fav but I can't keep them), Zoathids, star polyps, Clove Polyps.

So there is quite a lot out there

J

 

What do you feed them, and how often? I just got 5 new mushrooms/live rock over the last 2 weeks. The tank looks so much nicer now, and id like to keep them as healthy as possible.

 

Mushrooms can eat a number of things. The main thing is Phytoplankton. The best source I've found is PhytoFeast you should be able to get is at your LFS or check it out Here

Jason

 

Button polyps can be housed under lower light quantity, the color of the polyps will tend to be more subdued however.
Likewise, many other soft corals, Gorgonians, Sponges as well as LPS' and SPS' can be kept to some degree.
I'd be careful with "non-photosynthetic" Gorgonians, and Tubastrea, Dendronepthea, to name a few as they require target feeding and if you don't balance the amount of food used to feed these, you run the risk of too many nutrients in your water!

 

How often do you feed them?