harleychic Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I have a 6g Edge running for 2 years now with a harlequin shrimp and some ulva that has been growing under the stock leds. Unfortunately the stock lights are mostly burned out. I removed the panel and have been using a cheap led for now. I want to add some orange-tipped dragon's breath and some blue ochtodes. I think I am leaning towards a par30 or something like that. Any suggestions such as colors and ratios. Any help appreciated! Link to comment
Subsea Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Ulva is collected in shallow water. Ochotes is collected in 5'-50'. Dragons Breath is collected between 40'-120'. Past 40' depth all the red and yellow spectrum is gone. Thirty percent of green spectrum remains and 75 percent of blue and violet spectrum remain. If you wish to grow Dragons Breath, I would focus on blue, cyan and violet. Patrick Link to comment
harleychic Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Thank you for the quick reply! So would a full spectrum bulb allow me to grow all three together? Link to comment
Subsea Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 With repect to LED, I do not know what full spectrum means. Considering the mono specific wavelength of individual light emitting diodes, to me, full spectrum should include every different spectrum diode. Many macros just as many corals can adjust to different spectrum lighting. I try to group similar things together. Having a shallow water macro like Ulva and a deep water macro like dragons breath under the same lighting does not make good sense to me. Patrick Link to comment
Enchelycore808 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I've had great luck using fluval sea nano led on my 6g edge macro only. If you are not using the ac filter, you can mount the arm to the back on the chamber. Then u can swivel th light out of the way. Grows a pretty wide range of macros. Even have a couple sargassums growing. Link to comment
harleychic Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Thanks, Enchelycore, I saw your vid earlier today, very nice! I am using the ac20 What is your take on mixing these macro species, doable or no? Link to comment
harleychic Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Subsea, I have given it a lot of thought, and I am sure you are right. I have a different tank I think dragin's breath would be happy in . Do you have any suggestiins for a good looking easier macro to put with my ulva? Link to comment
kraig949 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 You should look into a nano box tide led fixture from dave at nano box. If you add the storm controller you would have endless possibilities and can grow any coral you please. Link to comment
Enchelycore808 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 If u wanna mix them. I'd try to aim for some middle ground as far as lighting is concerned. That way you could grow both sp. they may not thrive or grow quickly but I doubt they would die. Maybe look for a fixture with a mix of LEDs. Link to comment
Subsea Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Subsea, I have given it a lot of thought, and I am sure you are right. I have a different tank I think dragin's breath would be happy in . Do you have any suggestiins for a good looking easier macro to put with my ulva? Caulerpa Paspoloides is a three edged feather that is a fast grower. Its stems make good hitching post for ponies. I have it in most of my display tanks. The tangs graze it heavily. As with any fast growing Caulerpa, it requires nutrients and pruning. If Ulva is left unattended, it may outcompete the feather. Patrick PS. Because of its fast growing nature, if given intense lighting and deprived of nutrients, C. Paspoloides is more prone to going asexual than other Caulerpa. It always gives notice several days in advance. Link to comment
Subsea Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Subsea, I have given it a lot of thought, and I am sure you are right. I have a different tank I think dragin's breath would be happy in . Do you have any suggestiins for a good looking easier macro to put with my ulva? Gracilaria Hayi would be my recommendation for a red macro. Under intense lighting, the fast growing tips are yellow orange. Under medium lighting it is a dark red. Under subdued lighting, it is a dark burgundy. Six months ago, I tested different variety of macro under BML refugium lighting. Gracilaria Hayi was the only macro that survived all three different spectrum lights. Patrick Link to comment
Subsea Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 In five tanks with five different Yellow Tangs, one tang eats it. I keep him full of Caulerpa Paspoloides. Patrick Link to comment
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