Newbie.

Hello i am new to 3Reef. I have had saltwater tank for 2 yrs. and convirted to reef about three months ago. We have a 10 gallon nano reef. We have a large colony of red star polpys and three colonies of zues and one small colony of yellow polyps and many feather dusters. The lighting is 2 standard floresent lighting, 30 watts, one marine-glow and one coralife. Is there any thing else you would recomend with this lighting.

 

welcome to 3reef. check out t5. as far as floresents what kind of fixture and what kind of bulbs are you useing. like i have a tek light 4x54 t5ho 2 antinic 420nm and 2 10,000k by coralife. that is what i have on my 60 gal tank. and what do you want to add to your tank.

 

Welcome to 3reef. Metal Halide....there is not substitute. 8)

 

I have 2 standard floresent lighting, 30 watts, one marine-glow and one coralife

i would really like to add a devil's hand
and a kenya tree

metal h. is out of the queston, on a 10g evaportation would be murder, and i don't want to invest in an auto top off, at least not now

 

The lighting should be ok for some species of coral, though, there are better options available that are better for your corals you plan on keeping!
Yes, Halides are cool but for your small tank, even a 70watt halide is not really worth it til you get a bigger tank then go with halides.

 

welcome to 3reef!

 

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Gosh, thought I already sent "welcome" to this...guess I forgot to hit "submit reply" or was to another Newbie post.

Anyway, glad to see you here. Post pics and feel free t ask any question, or submit your 2-bits on anything!

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hello and welcome to 3reef

 

i dunno l.e.d.s are coming up strong with new technology and require much less power and maintenence 8) 8) especially on a small tank. oh yea and welcome to 3reef

 

Thnks

crappyballer, do you really recomend those clearly LEDs, LEDs was what i was looking into