Is lights enough..?

[Prince916]

I have recently bought a friends tank and set-up. It is a 100 gallon tank with 2 65watt daylight and 2 65watt actinicts. He gave me some corals and its been about 3-4days now and still have not opened up all the way. The xenia seems to have wrinkles at the steems. A week ago, it looked ok when my friend had it. He had the same set-up. He gave me couple of mushrooms, xenia, and a colt. Is my lighting even enough to grow this corals..?

[xskyzx]

it should be ok with shrooms, but you might need tp upgrade it, it might not be your light , go check your water.

[Prince916]

Well i have 2 55watt pc laying around and if i put it with the 4 65watt pc, would it be enough..? Im just tryin to keep mostly mushrooms and polyps and about 4-5 soft corals nothing very hard to keep.

[xskyzx]

try to test your water 1st

[Prince916]

oh water is fine. I even had my lfs test it and they say its fine.

[reefman2525]

when Xenia is curled up like that something is not right they grow like a weed in minimal light setups, if ur water is good then try moving him in a different spot in your tank. did u put new sand in the tank or reuse the old sand. old sand that is sturd up is no good it can cause big problems in water quality.

[Prince916]

well i did took the sand out and put them back in but i took it out for like an hour or so only because i needed to move the tank. If this is bad then what should i do..?

[onevia_01]

Maybe got out and buy some test kits.
Some LFS aren't very switched on and mistakes can happen.
Poor light mat explain poor growth but I think with that light they would open.
If things on the sand died and things on the rock died while moving perhaps that is causing ammonia spikes.
Maybe the Ph isnt right did the LFS check your PH.Is your tank temp set right ?
I think do regular smallish water changes and you should be right.
But that's just me....
Good luck

[rogergolf66]

if you removed the sand and put it back your water is not fine.

you stired up a lot of junk in the sand bed. I assumed you used the old sand that he gave you? you moved this tank when? how long has it been setup since you moved it? it sounds like you are going through a bit of a cycle get your own test kits and see what they say. I don't trust most LFS

also what is the temp of the tank and what are the temp swings from the hotest part of the day to the coldest? mid moring to 4pm?

[Mariner]

It's NOT your light. I've had a colony of Xenia under 240 watts of normal output flourescent light for years.
If you disturbed the sandbed and put it back during the move, your water is NOT fine.
You should have your own test kits and be testing everyday right now for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH.
HTH,
Mariner

[Prince916]

Well im goin to test my water but just to make sure, what should be my water perams should be at? Will it also help if i do like a 10gallon water change every week?

[Tswifty]

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