light required by diferent corals

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I would think that the coral selection you keep would give you some type of guidline for the appropiate light required. Many corals found in aquarium stores were removed from various levels of reef walls, in which the coral itself selected for its best rate of survival on that reef. The hardist problem with reef keeping is is ballancing out a lighting scheme that will suit many types of coral varieties from different geographical areas. SPS, LPS and Leather corals all require different light schemes and water parimeters so the best way to guarintee your reef tank survival is to try and keep corals from one geographical area and only keep those corals fround in that area in your tank. The problem comes from trying to keep many varieties from different countries under one roof. You'l find thousands of articles all over the internet from many proffesional reef keepers on lighting with the there own views of what works for them and there tanks but take it with a grain of salt and judge what works for your own tank. Read Read Read and read.

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