Start to my 47 Gallon bow front with my new lights:)

[Ashna]

my hubby is good to my be went out and bought me some T5 lights when he was in toronto. i have started the set up my new tank and it has finished its cycle :) any ideas on corals that i could keep with T5 lights. im new to corals :)

 

[ErinCahir]

How many bulbs are in the fixture?
And congrats on the new lights!

 

[Ashna]

2 bulbs and for some reason he bought a smaller one which also has 2 bulbs lol

 

[little_fish]

Im not sure you can keep any corals with those lights, you need at least a 4 bulb fixture, preferably 6.

Sorry :(

 

[Ashna]

really? that sucks! i have to atleast try one lol

 

[little_fish]

then i would try some mushrooms and put them up at the top of the tank.

 

[ErinCahir]

You could always do nonphotosynthetic, like sun corals or dendros.

 

[Smitty]

You could try mushrooms and leathers.

 

[Waddi]

+1 on Erin. they are also as beautiful as corals.

 

[Dana42078]

low light corals...zoa's mushroom ect...4 bulbs would be fine if u had the right fixture.....they are quite expensive tho....i have 4 bulbs now with crappy fixture but GREAT bulbs...so i can have alot of decent corals but SLOW growth....upgrading fixture and ill be able to keep ANY coral with 4 bulbs....id look into a new fixture if u want to keep really nice corals, if your content with low light zoa's and shrooms n stuff those fixtures should be fine i guess.

 

[Ashna]

so after reading all these posts i bought more lights lol i found another set and the best part about it is they connect together. so i now i have t5's with 4 bulbs would that be good enough for zoas?

 

[little_fish]

I think so! And probably good for lots of other things!

 

[Ashna]

well the paper that came with them said 10k each? not that it make any sence to me lol

 

[little_fish]

that is the temperature of the blub, basically the wavelength of the light it puts out

 

[buddy08]

how many watts?

 

[Ashna]

78 :S i hope that means 78 per bulb bcuz those darn lights are blinding, you almost need sunglasses in my living room

 

[Dana42078]

new tank shot with new fixture?

Also id look into buying ATI T5 HO bulbs....makes a world of differance.

 

[iman7045]

my hubby is good to my be went out and bought me some T5 lights when he was in toronto. i have started the set up my new tank and it has finished its cycle :) any ideas on corals that i could keep with T5 lights. im new to corals :)

try zoozs thir easy to take care of