low light corals?
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Jolieve":331o7jpd said:
it matters how many PC watts we are talking about.
FWIW, i have known plenty of people to keep Zooanthids, star polyps, and mushrooms under NO lighting. these are what i consider low light corals. if i were to make a moderate level than i would add the various LPS that have been cited here.
it's hard to designate lighting intensity in a high/moderate/low category without looking at the wattage being used.
if i were to try to categorize some sort of low/moderate/high lighting designations it would not be governed by the animals needs and not the type of lighting used.... if you get me..... that was a mucky explanation.
it is easier for me to say that i don't think the lighting requirements of Xenia are as close to the needs of Zooanthids as the needs of acropora are to the needs of Xenia.
clear as mud!
just throw me out of the discussion now! :lol:
LOL! No problem Podman. You make a good point.
I guess, next time we go to answer one of these questions, we should just ask what sort of lighting we're talking about here.
I've got red sea xenia under a fairly hefty amount of pc light in the 10g... along with zoos and ricordia and a colt (which I fragged myself! *big cheesy grin*) and all are doing well, but... the light does make a huge difference in what you can keep.
J.
I guess, next time we go to answer one of these questions, we should just ask what sort of lighting we're talking about here.
I've got red sea xenia under a fairly hefty amount of pc light in the 10g... along with zoos and ricordia and a colt (which I fragged myself! *big cheesy grin*) and all are doing well, but... the light does make a huge difference in what you can keep.
J.
Oh, thanks for explaining.
Anyway, are there any other LPS corals anyone could recommend for "moderate" (a.k.a. 6.5+wpg of PCs...?) lighting scenarios?
Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread.
Just a shred of my minimal experience (seeing as how my tank has only been up for about 4.5 months-ish)...the red mushrooms I bought despise my PCs unless they're in the perfect spot- just to the right of center and toward the back on a piece of LR. They showed me this dislike by detaching from the rock they came on and going on a whirlwind adventure around the tank. They ended up on the sand and I was away, so when I came back only two were left. I put them on the new rock and *poof* they are happy again. It's not really any darker there and the flow isn't any less, but that's just their niche, I guess. :roll:
Anyway, are there any other LPS corals anyone could recommend for "moderate" (a.k.a. 6.5+wpg of PCs...?
) lighting scenarios?Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread.
Just a shred of my minimal experience (seeing as how my tank has only been up for about 4.5 months-ish)...the red mushrooms I bought despise my PCs unless they're in the perfect spot- just to the right of center and toward the back on a piece of LR. They showed me this dislike by detaching from the rock they came on and going on a whirlwind adventure around the tank. They ended up on the sand and I was away, so when I came back only two were left. I put them on the new rock and *poof* they are happy again. It's not really any darker there and the flow isn't any less, but that's just their niche, I guess. :roll:
you could do a lot of things as far LPS.
i can't think of one that i commonly see where an experienced aquarist could not keep it alive in that tank with that amount of light. that is with all other aspects optimum. plenty of flow and either a good skimmer or the easy weekly water change.
IMO, the most difficult aspect you will deal with is room for LPS. many have sweeper tentacles (my paltygyra brain sometimes has them drift out 10 inches) and some are heavy hitters in the stinging department (hydnophora, elegance).
so i would limit myself to a couple species and allow them to grow out. Ancora (hammer coral) is a favorite of mine that would do fine in your light. another i like is Favites, the Moon Coral.
Lobophyllias should be fine as should Symphyllia and Trachyphyllia (open brains). BTW, i have no idea if any of these are spelled correctly.
i can't think of one that i commonly see where an experienced aquarist could not keep it alive in that tank with that amount of light. that is with all other aspects optimum. plenty of flow and either a good skimmer or the easy weekly water change.
IMO, the most difficult aspect you will deal with is room for LPS. many have sweeper tentacles (my paltygyra brain sometimes has them drift out 10 inches) and some are heavy hitters in the stinging department (hydnophora, elegance).
so i would limit myself to a couple species and allow them to grow out. Ancora (hammer coral) is a favorite of mine that would do fine in your light. another i like is Favites, the Moon Coral.
Lobophyllias should be fine as should Symphyllia and Trachyphyllia (open brains). BTW, i have no idea if any of these are spelled correctly.
Yup! Frogspawns, hammers, torches, doughnuts, candycane, favia's to name and rename a few. Most of the above mentioned are found on sandy, turbulent water in lagoons and similar areas and will adapt well to higher lighting, but do ok with mod. light.
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