ziggy222
06/15/2007, 06:27 PM
this is to help us t5 uses to know what they can keep.unless you have pc,mh,or vho
lights,fish store owners don't help much in giving advice.hopefully other t5 owners
will tell what success or failiors they've had with t5 and certain corals..i got a 4
x54 watt set up at a plant store to go over my 55gal with seperate reflectors dirt
cheap with wh ballast inside,its 3 inches off the top of the tank..thats just under 4
watts per gallon but holly cow its bright.actually its a lil too bright for some
things.i have a red lobo on the bottom-happy.green shrooms on bottom so they stay
bright.dull red shrooms are getting way too much at bottom,they were stunted till i
gave them shade.bright red shrooms half way up are ok but grew faster at bottom.xenia
is ok everywhere in the tank but is shorter in the bright light.toadstools purple and
a yellow neon are happy anywhere.happy=good color,growth and polyp extention.green
open brain half way up is very happy.cabbage halfway up is happy.8inch frilly shroom
half way up is ok but polyps got so big when up too high that you can't tell its a
green shroom cause the polyps are lavender.green star polyps at bottom are happy.and
green zooz at bottom ok but need shade in order to stay as bright.i was surprised how
well the yellow hairy polyps did up top.
my fish store is against me putting a crocea clam under t5 lighting.they say i need a
mh light but i'm going to try it.also just to see exactly how intence this light
reelly is,i'm concidering trying a smal acro frag up high in the tank.
lights,fish store owners don't help much in giving advice.hopefully other t5 owners
will tell what success or failiors they've had with t5 and certain corals..i got a 4
x54 watt set up at a plant store to go over my 55gal with seperate reflectors dirt
cheap with wh ballast inside,its 3 inches off the top of the tank..thats just under 4
watts per gallon but holly cow its bright.actually its a lil too bright for some
things.i have a red lobo on the bottom-happy.green shrooms on bottom so they stay
bright.dull red shrooms are getting way too much at bottom,they were stunted till i
gave them shade.bright red shrooms half way up are ok but grew faster at bottom.xenia
is ok everywhere in the tank but is shorter in the bright light.toadstools purple and
a yellow neon are happy anywhere.happy=good color,growth and polyp extention.green
open brain half way up is very happy.cabbage halfway up is happy.8inch frilly shroom
half way up is ok but polyps got so big when up too high that you can't tell its a
green shroom cause the polyps are lavender.green star polyps at bottom are happy.and
green zooz at bottom ok but need shade in order to stay as bright.i was surprised how
well the yellow hairy polyps did up top.
my fish store is against me putting a crocea clam under t5 lighting.they say i need a
mh light but i'm going to try it.also just to see exactly how intence this light
reelly is,i'm concidering trying a smal acro frag up high in the tank.