softies for LOW light

[Vijay]

I'm in the process of setting my 15gal eclipse into a nano reef if it's possibli otherwise i'll need to mabe it a FOWLR see the thing is i only have one No 13w 18"bulb and with the eclipse canopy that can't be changed what corals con this support i was thinking mushrooms and polyps it's a tall tank so i planed to make a mound of lr in the center of the tank with the couals on the top around 6"trom the surface

as far as the bub what'll be beter a 50/50 or a 10k

i've done some reasearch but the books are a little vauge on nano keeping.

[MKramer]

Why can't you modify your eclipse hood? There are plenty of retro kits available.

 

I wouldn't keep anything under that low of lighting.

[Korbin]

That's a big sentence.

[reefskunk]

Your sentence is a wee-big there, lad.

[reefskunk]

i have the eclipse 1 and i retro fitted it with the smartlamp 32 w retro, i think the new better version is the supernova, but the smartlamp lets me have frogspawn, mushrooms, polyps, knobs, colts, candy, and a whole lot more.

[reefskunk]

i have the same setup as you, so lemme know if you wanna know some diy i did to my hood

[Vijay]

reefskunk how'd you retrofit and about how much did it cost im thinking that i'll start with a FOWLR until i'm sure i can maintain water quality and then add more light and some polyps and shrooms and if possible could i see pics of your tank it's and akward to aquascape

do you use a skimmer what about the filter did you take out the media and bio-wheel

[printerdown01]

I was just given this link yesterday for a $40 Custom SeaLife retro: Flying Fish Express the sale is good through tonight... but their regular price on the product is not bad either!!

[reefskunk]

i got the smartlamp 1 x 32w eclipse retro PC w/ ballast and all at the LFS for 89$ , but ive seen many 2 x 32w lamps for 99$. VERY IMPORTANT that you put one 4' fan or two smaller fans in the canopy top

[NavyNano]

I just changed my TL Eclipse over to 2 x 28's , and it was very easy. Hello-lights has a nice "plug and play" dual 28 set up already assembled, and the price isn't bad at all. I think dual 32's could even fit in that TL hood , but I have not seen that one done .