Whitten Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Well I have been contemplating all of my options on my new oceanic cube, and have come to a decision on it. I really want to do a Metal Halide system, but heat issues and money restraints are going to prevent me from accomplishing this for now. I had been looking into just getting one of Coral Life's little lighting setups that will fit my tank. The one that I have been looking at is the 20.5 inch hood with the 96 watt power quad. I had seen it on a cube just like mine at a store and the tank looked very healthy. My question is will I have enough light in that tank to support Leathers, Star polyps, gorgonians...etc until I can build my MH setup? or am I just better off not seting up the tank unitil I can afford a good MH hood? Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I'd wait and get the MH setup. But that's just me. Link to comment
USFnano Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Those softies should be fine with the power quad. Just remember that gorgonians aren't photosynthetic, they have to be feed often. Link to comment
Whitten Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 You feed them when their polyps are open correct? So I should be ok enough to support just about any soft coral. I really want to do MH, but I just don't have the funds or the ability to put up with the added heat that it will put into my little room. We'll see if I can run across some good setups. Here is another question would 250 watts be way to much? or is just right? Link to comment
USFnano Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Yes, feed it when the polyps are out. I'm pretty sure there are a few posts about them over on reefcentral, head over there and do a search on them. With the lighting, it all depends on what you want to keep... if you want to get into SPS and clams, then the 250 would be perfect. If you want to stay with softies, then 175 would be plenty. Link to comment
Whitten Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 OK well I think what I am gonna do is look into complete hoods. I think eventually I am going to want to keep some really light demanding things but until then, I will have to see what my wallet will allow. One more question, will acropora do ok in a tank with a 150 HQI MH if placed as close to the top as possible? Link to comment
birdman204 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 whitten , there a few different types of gorgonians out there. The yellow, or red " sea rod " are non photosynthetic, and will require many feeding a week. stick some other photosynthetic ones. head over to www.garf.org for more info. The 150 in that small of a tank will grow acros, and most other SPS. Make sure you acclimate them properly. But i think the 175 is close in price. Link to comment
geegomez Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I am starting a 30g cube and I went with the PFO 175w MH retrofit. I build my own canopy with the help of a couple of guys at work we did it during our lunch hour. 175w 10K bulb really lights up the entire tank, it is definitively enough light (I'm a newbie but I have read allot, but I think it's a good setup) Check it out http://www.lachusma.com/reef/30gcube/30gcube.html Link to comment
Whitten Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Geegomez that looks really good, I will think about doing that, as it looks very professional. Link to comment
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