Coral Questions

[shotspot]

Hi everyone, I have 55 g tank and don't want to go spend alot of money on lighting. Right now the lighting I have is 2 18" 15 watt Coralife 10,000 K fluorescent bulbs. The question is can you tell me some good beginers corals I can keep with this kind of lighting? Or is there any other 18" bulbs anyone can recommend without me having to change my whole lighting system....Thanks

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

hmmm doesn't sound like you can really keep anything will that kind of lighting, it's not even a watt per gallon. You can't switch out stronger bulbs either, I would look into buying some lights that fit your tank.

 

[yote]

With those lights.You'll have to stay with non-photosynthic corals.Which means they would be extremely high maintance.
Look at the Nove T-5 fixtures.Their not that expensive as far as lighting goes and they do a great job.

 

[reeffreak]

Sorry,none.

I don't recommend non-photosynthetic corals.They need heavy feeding which compromise water quality.Many,even with heavy feeding still dwindle away.

 

[Oscarsdad608]

If you're tryong to save money go with the t5, they can grow just about anything. Make sure you get them with the individual reflectors, that is the key with t5.

 

[Bifferwine]

I agree, there aren't any corals out there that you can keep with less than 1 watt per gallon of lighting. At a bare minimum, the corals that require the least light still need around 3 watts per gallon.