monti cap lighting

[Montaquelaveist]

okay guys need a little help have a green monticap and a red cap in my 120 reef tank that is currently lit by a Hamilton cebu total watts 670 and once it gets too crazy i wanna move some to my 90 gallon FWLR and the lighting on there is not as bright its an older PC aquaticlife unit putting out only 260 watts should i get brighter bulbs and will they survive not sure about two bulbs but i know two of them are atinic blue just wanted to know if they would die under that lighting currently the only other coral in there are some button pylops

 

[jnelson]

From what I see, people have mixed success with Monti caps under PC lighting. If you're going to try it, put it as close to the top of your tank as possible.

 

[cowfish]

When I had my 29g nano I grew 4 different monti caps (orange, green, purple and tan) under 130 watts of 50/50 pc lighting. I suppose it's going to depend on the cap, but I've found most are fairly hardy. I moved the purple and green to my 75g and gave the others away.

 

[CoralMeister]

Agree with jnelson. Put that monti as close to the top as possible.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

Agree with jnelson. Put that monti as close to the top as possible.

will do im also gonna buy new PC i saw some that are 12k looking into getting some of those