LPS nano reef

[chilumba]

How many watts of lighting would be good for an LPS/Soft coral olny reef tank?

[Snaz]

Depends on tanks size, particularly depth and width.

[fkshiu]

Not all that much, although doing an LPS nano is very challenging because of the amount of real estate required to keep LPS stingers from attacking each other.

[BlueAbyss]

I have 70W metal halide over my 10 gallon tank and have only LPS and softies (overkill, I know). The open brain and mushroom don't seem to mind the light but one type of the zoas don't like being near the center of the tank and I have palys that bleach out when any higher than the sandbed. You could maximize your 'real estate' by choosing corals that have shorter sweepers.

[kat]

I have 96w T5HO on a 20l so it is only about13" deep...I keep frogspawn, hammer, open brain, crocea clam, toadstool, green tree, zoas etc...all super healthy and BIG!

[chilumba]

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[BlueAbyss]

What are the dimensions of the tank?