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03/02/2013, 09:07 AM | #1 |
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Lower Light Corals
I have a 170 cube with center return. The liverock setup is piled up the column leaving some areas with less light and some shimmering. I am running 800W 20K radiums to punch down the 28-30". I am looking for some lower light corals. What corals can I get away with? besides the ones I know of already, which are sun corals, shrooms and zoas. Any SPS or LPS? Its not completing shadowed, but has some shimmer.
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03/02/2013, 09:36 AM | #2 |
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I used to keep some brain corals 30" down, and mounted sideways facing away from the light, and they seemed fine for years.
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03/03/2013, 09:54 AM | #3 |
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Acans are low light. Usually kept on sandbed
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03/03/2013, 12:53 PM | #4 |
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I'd be willing to bet a frogspawn, torch and/or hammer would work in there.
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03/10/2013, 05:52 AM | #5 |
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yellow stinger
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03/11/2013, 04:15 PM | #6 |
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Blasstomusa coral. Open very nice with low ligth
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03/21/2013, 05:37 PM | #7 |
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My pavona maldivensis likes low light.
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03/29/2013, 08:04 AM | #8 |
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most of the encrusting monti's might work, red/green cap.
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03/29/2013, 01:20 PM | #9 |
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I feel orange digi and orange cap do really well at low light. Might want to look at some of the deep water acro's as well. Hey, there's always mushrooms
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