Quick question

[youtoo54]

I have a nova extreme 48" 2 x 54 watt T5 light 1 bulb is 460nm Actinic and the other is a 54 watt 10,000k T5HO on my sons 55g tank. Will this be ok for any kind of corals? Somone recomend a begginer coral that is easy?

 

[Sir Alex]

You mean these? Those are 6 bulbs. If that's what your talking about then it should be enough for just about anything. If it's only 2 54 watt bulbs then it my be a little low.

 

[youtoo54]

nope it just has 2 bulbs. Is there anything I can put in there?

 

[Sir Alex]

I'd say 108 watts is really low. You should consider upgrading.

 

[youtoo54]

I don't want to really upgrade. We have the 180 tank we are fixing to spend a big chunck of money on lighting. He basically wants fish only like a puffer and maybe a lion fish. I was just wondering if there was some low light coral or mushrooms that we could put in there also.

 

[Sir Alex]

Here is a list of soft corals that only need low lighting. If you want to change it then click on "Lighting Low" on the right hand side of the screen.

 

[Bifferwine]

Maybe. Put them close to the top.

 

[Jmck]

Mushrooms can work with little to no light and rics are pretty good but can lose a lot of color without the light. I would say if you just want fish, these are fine, but realise the fish will most likely eat all the nice corals :( a member here, nemo had a real struggle trying to keep mushrooms because his fish devoured them in seconds!