Fish Freak Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Tank Info: 20 Gallon High. About 17'' tall, 23'' long, and 12'' wide. Lighting is two 55 watt power compact bulbs, 110 watt total. One bulb is Actinic, the other is a Daylight 10,000K. Could I keep corals in my tank? If so, what kind would you suggest? Would a Xenia be okay? How about some softies? Thanks! Link to comment
Sushi Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 with that type of PC lighting, you can most definitely keep xenia, and a wide variety of softies and LPS. here are just a few "softies" off of the top of my head: xenia zoanthids mushrooms ricordia/yumas green star polyps various LPS as listed below: brains blastomussa hammer coral candy cane coral torch coral frogspawn there are a lot more available than the ones i listed above, those are just a few to help you get an idea of which direction you can start heading towards. 110w of PC is enough for most "medium-light" corals. Link to comment
kirei Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Yes just search on liveaquaria and stick with corals with "moderate" or less light requirements. Link to comment
Fish Freak Posted January 1, 2005 Author Share Posted January 1, 2005 Thanks for the replies guys I just got some more rock for the tank, figured i better get it the way i want it BEFORE i:) have corals and such in there to worry about disturbing. Needless to say, the rockwork is now blah. O well, at least it serves its function. I've actually decided on a tiny bit higher fixture... two 65 watt bulbs, so a total of 130 watts. Where is it best to place: mushrooms, xenia, torch, and polyps? Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 i really like my frogspawn and it's a good substitute for an anemone, all LPS are cool Link to comment
dakine Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 In addition to light, you also have to consider where the flow of water. You don't want to put a coral in any spots where there is no current. As far as light goes, mushrooms and GSP don't need a whole light of light, so you can place them near the bottom. The xenia and torch, I'd put higher up Especially since you have a tall tank. Link to comment
Fish Freak Posted January 1, 2005 Author Share Posted January 1, 2005 You know I was just thinking about that, I am aceing this eclipse hood as soon as I have some time to get the new lighting on, and need to decide on what to do. Is it best to get powerheads? Or is a HOB filter adequete for movement? I spotted this on the petco website, would this be a good solution for getting water current in different areas of the tank? Click Here Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 get two maxi jet 606's they are really reliable and small, you will need atleast one more sorce of flow than the HOB Link to comment
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