What are some low light corals?

Strickland_673 · #1 09-09-2010, 05:57 PM

I'm looking to see if there's a list out there of corals and their light needs. i have a 2X24W T5HO fixture on a 15" deep tank and wondering what i can successfully keep alive!

Fishward · #2 09-09-2010, 06:53 PM

how many gallons is your tank? 2 bulbs is not alot. what are the other dimesions of your tank?

Strickland_673 · #3 09-09-2010, 07:25 PM

25g it's 31X11.5X15. i'm planning on getting another 2 bulb fixture shortly and then upgrading to LED within the year.

jorjef · #4 09-09-2010, 07:48 PM

My tank is more than 15" deep with the same lights. I consider myself a bit lucky on keeping some of these corals, alot has to do to how high up I have them.

Blastos, pipe coral, mushrooms, toadstool, torch coral, frogspawn, tongue coral, feather dusters, duncans, GTBA, bubble coral, coco worm, cats eye coral, sun corals, button pylops, cabbage coral,

lorenz0 · #5 09-09-2010, 10:35 PM

IMO, anything but sps. seriously. I have had great sucess with them all in a low light pc tank. personally if I were you i would be looking at zoa's, hammer, frogspawn, torch, duncans, suncoral, dendro's, mushrooms, acans, open brains. Even if you add another 2 bulbs this would be great.

Alot of people always tell people about strong fixtures, and this can be to much for alot of corals. Imo 4 t5's to me is a medium lite tank. And for what you have, you can do alot of cool stuff with it.

#6 09-09-2010, 10:49 PM

most softies and LPS will work not all and some SPS will live but not many they would have to be from deep waters, as they are use to not getting much light. So I would say maybe some of the Monti cup corals greens don't require as much light and red should be ok as long as you put them up high. I had Monti's under T5's they did well for me.

Bill

Ron99 · #7 09-09-2010, 11:53 PM

I really like cyphastreas too. My meteor shower cyphastrea is one of my favourites. To bad you are on the east coast, I have a frag or two available.

Strickland_673 · #8 09-10-2010, 12:31 AM

thanks a lot!!!

Thanks anyway Ron! oh the joy of living on the east coast!!!

daniella3d · #9 09-10-2010, 11:18 PM

Zoanthids, palythoas, ricordeas and mushroom will be doing well. Anytyhing that is eating will also do well, like frogspawn, hammer coral, duncan and candy cane.

Pretty much everything except sps. If you had 3 x 24w T5HO you could probably keep sps as well.

Oh..I forgot...Aussie Acan!!!! Those things bleach so easily if the light is strong so they need very low light. Their colors are awesome but they do need feeding here and there since they need so little light.

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Originally Posted by Strickland_673

I'm looking to see if there's a list out there of corals and their light needs. i have a 2X24W T5HO fixture on a 15" deep tank and wondering what i can successfully keep alive!

Strickland_673 · #10 09-15-2010, 03:38 PM

In have a hagen GLO 2X24W,

and I have

Giesemann:
1 X AquaBlue + = 60% Actinic 40% combination (15000K)

2 X Actinic + = peaks at 450nm (22000K)

but i only have room for 2 bulbs, should i do one of each or 2 actinic +, tank is 15" deep and i would like corals at some point. i know i wont be able to have all corals, but thats down the road.

Thanks Again