lighting question...!! help asap!

[S2kdriver]

ok. so now because i have xenia, mushroom, green star pylops, button pylops, and a bit of zooanthids. now i only have a 50-50 light. i put my xenia in yesterday and it was on one of the lower rocks and hasent started pulsing or anything and is still very shrunkin. so i moved it up to teh top rock, except its near my green star plylops, and i dont want them hitting each other because i know everyone says the xenia grows like a weed. but i want a bit of growth! haha. but my question is, at pestsmart they have a 10,000k bulb that i can get. should i get that and another fixture and have that with my 50-50 light? and could i keep other corals with that? just wondering.

and also do yall think i shlould keep the xenia up top or can i put it back wher i origonally wanted it. down low. thanks!!

 

[daugherty]

check out the t5's they have there get at least a 2-4 bulb fixture. what kind of light do you have not the color but kind like t5 power compact it does not matter about the 10k or 50-50, 75-25 those numbers are just the color of the bulb

 

[S2kdriver]

^not sure. it just said coral life 50-50 light. its a 24" fixture.

 

[bjohanson1234]

Does it look like 2 bulbs attached to each other? If so, it is most likely a Power Compact. Also, corals can take several days to adjust to there new home.

Brian

 

[winyfrog]

Do you need to add iodine to your tank. Xenia alot of times will stop pulsing if your tank is low on iodine.

50/50 lighting in a 20 gallon should be plenty of light. What kind of xenia?

 

[dcantucson]

+1 winyfrog

 

[S2kdriver]

i dont know. the guy just said xenia. i will get some idoine tommorow. we just set up another freshwater so we got to get some more stuff!! but thanks guys!!

 

[bjohanson1234]

Make sure you get an iodine test kit. Dont want to dose anything you are not testing.

Brian

 

[S2kdriver]

yea thats why i didnt get it yesterday at petsmart. no test kit!!! haha.

 

[Kwater]

Just a note. On personal experience zooanthids will not do too good without bright lighting. Not Shore how true it is but when I moved them to the aide of my tank with the halide they have been growing like algie.