lps coral

[tony2005]

hey guys,

just wondering if lps coral will work under 4 65w pc lighting.i never try it cause i always had mh lighting.now i am wonderland since the bad luck that has happen to me lately

this what i have
44gal corner tank
height is 20"
as far as other mesurement can tell u because it is a corner tank
cpr skimmer
fluval canister 304
1400 rio for current

coral
mix color of zoo
fuzzy leather coral
blue/green shoom
small frag of xenia

fish
fox face
dwarl angel
sand shifting gobe
mandarian

15 snails

and it been up and running for 3months now,so i was wondering if some lps will work w/this set up :?:

 

[tony2005]

opps and light are 4 65w pc lighting
2 65w 10,000k bulb
2 65w actinic bulbs

 

[t_lynde]

what kink of LPS were you thinking of?
some like more light than others.

It sounds like you have enough watts and
p.c. should be fine for most lps at that depth.
do you have rockwork so you can play with different depths?

I use p.c. with lps but my tank is not quite that deep.
I would say buy some med to low light species and try it at mid depth.
see how it goes from there.
you should be fine

if nothing else here is a bump for ya

T

 

[tony2005]

i was thinking of a bubble,hammer,frog spawn,and maybe a candy cane coral.
yes,i do have 40pound of live rocks.hopefully i will be getting a digital cam soon to take some pic

 

[FishinInTheDark]

Any of those should do fine under your PC lighting.

Good luck!

 

[tike]

Hammers can be a little sensitive to high nutrient levels. The candy cane is an excellant choice...ditto on the frogspawn. Never kept a bubble before.

 

[JasonD]

i was thinking of a bubble,hammer,frog spawn,and maybe a candy cane coral.
yes,i do have 40pound of live rocks.hopefully i will be getting a digital cam soon to take some pic

I have 8 65 watt pc's over my 100 gallon (60x18x20).

I have several candy cane's and some sps up high, zoas in the middle, and mushrooms down low, all are doing great. I briefly had a hammer coral under the pc's. It was doing good, but I moved it to another tank under 20k halides to make it glow green.

I probably would not buy PC's again. I think you get more bang for your buck with halides. If you already have them, then I would say use them.

Jason