Stock JBJ Nanocube...

[Badkharma]

What corals can I keep under the stock lighting in a JBJ Nanocube? 'Shrooms? Zoos? Brains? Plate? I have no idea...although I have heard that clams and hard corals won't work. But what about most soft corals?

[Puffy]

unless u upgrade i have the tank too, but i heard that only shrooms and zoos and polyps and MAYBE some soft corals, if you does right and stuff. Its got some sucky lighting but i don't care caz iu am a newbi and i'm just going to kep shroms in the tank, anyways HTH

[Badkharma]

One of the questionable LFS's around here keeps a clam and some other impressive corals in stock cube, so I had to ask. I actually don't mind the place because they generally have a diverse amount of livestock. Over the months that I've gone there (about once every 2 weeks), the corals are thriving under the stock lighting. Trust me, I've looked under the lid and everything. The only thing he (the LFS) changed was the powerhead. ???

[maroonclown]

Ask the LFS if it is stock lighting. It's probably a 32watt retrofit. Still not enough light, but it's better than stock. Upgrade your lighting before you try more light demanding animals.

[Badkharma]

I personally would, don't worry - but no. I asked them AND looked personally (I didn't believe them), it is stock. I don't know how.

[maroonclown]

I have have a friend that has an acropora in his 55 gallon FOWLR. This acro is about the size of a basketball, and it grew from a 2" frag he got for free. He is only lighting the tank with a single 55watt PC, and the coral has been alive, healthy, and is actually more colorful than the parent colony. The reason: weird sh*t happens. Some things survive. As for the clam, maximas can adapt to almost any lighting, but I wouldn't try it.