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Gools
05/15/2007, 06:57 PM
How can I adapt my corals, to less lighting?

I'm going to be moving, and want to keep a few corals, so I will be setting up a temp tank, and I hope to use just 1- 175w halide.
Right now I am running 2-400w, 2-175w, and 4-54w T5's.

My corals will be under the 175w for a few months till the move is over. I'm not worried about there colour, as I know I will get that back up when my tank gets permanently setup.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Napervegas
05/15/2007, 07:03 PM
Depends on how much of an area you are trying to cover and how deep the temporary tank is. I run 3 175's on a standard 90 (about 24" deep) and have hard corals without issues. I would stick to a higher par bulb and 10k, if its not enough you can always wire up one of your 400's.