Is Metal Halide Lighting too much for Softies?

mark · #1 06-29-2006, 12:36 AM

The Xenia I have love my MH and I'm really like them.

Not knocking SPS (wish I had more) but it's just eye candy, compared the the effect of sitting back after a day at work and watching the softies swaying back and forth in the current.

Running 2-250W MH on a 145g, 24" deep. Xenia are placed mid tank, full exposure and still spreading higher on their own.

OCDP · #2 06-29-2006, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mark

Not knocking SPS (wish I had more) but it's just eye candy, compared the the effect of sitting back after a day at work and watching the softies swaying back and forth in the current.

I totally agree with this. As nice as SPS are, they don't "do" anything.. I would put xenia in my tank but I just can't chance it choking out everything else.

TheReefGeek · #3 06-29-2006, 02:44 PM

I have xenia who climbed all the way to the top of my tank below a 400w halide. I halso have a very large colt coral under a 250, the top almost come out of the water, and my kenya tree propagates like crazy under MH too.

I have zoos, GSP, etc. lower in the tank tank that do just fine too, they could probably move up but I like them where they are.

I agree, I love to watch my xenia and other softies swaying in the tank current.

doch · #4 07-01-2006, 04:06 AM

I too have many softies under 2x400W Halides. When I put the halides on went from 260W of PC to that plus 800W of halide with very little precaution for acclimation and everything did just fine. I had the PC's up for about a year before getting the Halides and all the softies are doing MUCH better now.