lighting for leathers and colts and such

**tendar** · 02-04-2003, 04:24 PM

I am setting up a used standard 90 FOWLR tank 48x18x24.
The guy is throwing ice cap 440 with a 3x48 vho lights with it so am thinking of adding a few softies like a couple toadstool leathers and colts in the upper regions of tank. I am thinking that this would be suffiecent light if they are place in the top half of the tank.

**BLUESMAN** · 02-12-2003, 07:12 PM

Tendar,long time no see!!Hey for lighting you can always throw in a couple (2 to 3) Lights of America 65watt PC's.I 've used them for over two years now with success.I'm going to MH's soon.Mike

**tendar** · 02-12-2003, 09:15 PM

There wont be any room for any other light than maybe a single long vho or I am thinging of maybe one of those CSL 48" Brite lights hoods that I would also use as dawn and dusk sort of anyway. I will see how it goes with 3 for a start though.

**Reefland** · 02-12-2003, 09:20 PM

Tendar,

I think you are correct, the 3 VHO should be sufficient for maintaining toadstoll leathers and colt corals in the tank. I used to grow them under a couple of PC's so the VHO should be just fine.

BLUESMAN,

WASSSSUUUUPPPPPPP!!!!!

Regards,

**superswimmer** · 03-19-2003, 06:46 PM

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**superswimmer** · 03-19-2003, 06:49 PM

HEy,
I have two 15 watt 18 inch 18000 K ligts for my tank, one on each side of the hood, would this be sufficent for mushroom coral? Maybe some soft coral species? I just want a yes or no anwer.

**reddhaus** · 03-21-2003, 04:13 PM

no

**tendar** · 03-21-2003, 04:20 PM

superswimmer

NO that is not enough enough light for any light requiring corals that I know of any way.

**superswimmer** · 03-22-2003, 05:42 PM

What about the everpopular mushroom corals?

**tendar** · 03-24-2003, 07:05 PM

I really dont think it enogh for even mushrooms.

**tendar** · 03-24-2003, 07:05 PM

I really dont think it enogh for even mushrooms.

**superswimmer** · 03-24-2003, 08:29 PM

Alright then, I am going to buy a 36" 2x96W Corallife Aqualight PC hood, 1x Actinic and 1x10.000K

could i ask for a few coral species I could keep with that?

**tendar** · 03-25-2003, 07:15 PM

With a dual 96 watt pc's you can keep pretty much all the softies and lps corals you want and they will do very well.

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