[reefrules]

Hello to all...I'm currently working my way from a FOWLR to a 50/50 mixed reef tank. I'm going for the compatible look of fish and reef, my lfs says that the lighting I have is plenty...48" dual acitinic, 48" 2x65 watt and a 48"coralife aqua light T5 with 28 watt 10,000k and 28 watt acitinic flourescent bulbs. Does this sound like an okay setup...? I'm going to try my luck at keeping the low light required polyps and such. I currently have a Yellow Tang, Tomato Clown, Dwarf Lion fish and a Dragon Goby, I have 1 leather coral (mushroom) and my cleaner crew consist of 200 nasaurius snails, 1 long living turbo snail and a spiny urchin...So giving with my setup so far what are the thoughts from you forum readers here at reefland...

[ANGRY JOHN]

sounds like you should be good to go in the lighting department. at leats to start off with untill you try to go all reef. the thing that i personaly like is just a mh setup with one or two bulbs because tracking change times for a buch of lights is a pain. the only major change might be the lion. they sit on coral heads and produce lots of waste. just my opinion. best of luck.
ps why not propigate the shroom. there supposed to be easy to do and then you will have lots of shrooms. i love em.

[The Grim Reefer]

Shrooms and zoos should be OK with that lighting. The Normal Output T5's you have don't do much of anything. When it's time for new lamps get HO T5's or a couple more PC's.