[Leddy]

so whats up fellas. i decided today that i'm gonna get rid of hummahumma trigger. i feel bad, since he's been my pet for about a year now, but he does me no good if i want some snails and clean up crews. there is a small LFS that specializes in SW fish up the street from me, and today he said it would be cool to trade him for some store credit. give him a good home hopefully. i'm probably gonna get rid of the lunare wrasse too, i figure he'll probably be a problem with the snails and such. i'm gonna do some less agro fish, kind of sick of not having any inverts in the tank. the trigger lately has been being super mean, killing my dom. damsel and fiji tomato clown, also my psuedocromis who lived with him for over a year in my old tank. I might just run my tank fish less for 6 weeks or so, since I just battled ich, i figure it'll be good just to be safe. does anybody think it'll be possible to put any type of mushroom or polyp under NO lights? I have 2 10,000k's and 1 Actinic03. someone said it might be possible if i put them high on the rock work, but i'm not sure, and i dont want to waste money if they'll die. anyway, it probly wont be for a while. i'm gonna let the tank sit for a few weeks. any input, comments, suggestions would be cool and appreciated. thanks


leddy

[the_blue_tuna]

You can grow mushrooms under N.O. lighting with no problems . They will grow under a wide variety of lighting . The polyps will grow also , although a bit slow, but you will probably find they do best up closer to the top of the tank.

[Leddy]

thanks blue tuna, i might try in like 2 months, after i get my tank back in order from this cc/sand removal. i'll probly scape it a bit different, so i'm able to put some higher in the tank. thanks for the reply, i appreciate it.


leddy

[rayjay]

You can grow most corals under NO if you have enough of them.
I use 8 40w NO's on my 90g reef. However, I have a 20g tank with two 20w NO's that houses greenstar polyps, pompom xenia, and a short tentacle green plate coral.
Actually, I wish I hadn't introduced mushrooms to my tanks because they can overrun the system in time. Xenia will do the same if left uncontrolled.

[Leddy]

cool thanks, i would like to try mushrooms, maybe star polyps and xenia. could you give me some names of easy beginner corals for NO lights. i have 3 total, 2-10k and 1 actinic03. something that is hardy and could live well in NO. thanks a lot, i appreciate it.


leddy

[rayjay]

With the lighting you have at the moment, you have to stick to mushrooms, green star polyps, xenia placed high in the tank, and possibly leathers placed high in the tank. If you add another 3 lights you can go to some of the LPS corals like brains and hammers. (I'm assuming the lights are a minimum 40 watts of light per lamp) If you go with 8 - 40 watt lamps you can have just about any soft coral or LPS.

[Leddy]

i think i'll just stick with mushrooms and maybe star polyps, i'm new to keeping a reef, so i gotta do some more research and go from there. it wont be for a few months, and yes my lights are all standard 40w NO bulbs. thanks for the info, its good to know. thanks again


leddy