FishGeek Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Some of the guys at work have talked me into keeping salt after I move. I've decided on which tank I'm going to use, it's 72" long x 12" wide x 24" tall. I have a Coral Life 48" 2x65watt 50/50 and a 24" 65 50/50 both compact flourescents. I don't want to keep fish, salt fish don't do it for me. I want soft corals/inverts. What kinds of soft coral can i support with these lights? Halides are not an option because frankly, I'm cheap, and the tank is only 12" so not alot of room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellehar Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 (edited) to be honest tried compacts and almost every type of soft coral I kept died or didnt grow. But give it a try Edited November 18, 2006 by kellehar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishGeek Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I've gotten some good advice on canreef. I'm thinking I'm going to buy some T5 strips and reflecters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murminator Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Yeah with a 24" deep tank I don't think the PC are going to cut it unless you place it up real high on the rocks, and if you have a grand to throw down on buying that much rock just buy metal halides and use less rocks....or go with a shorter tank I grew all kinds of softies and some LPS under a 65W PC in a 15" high tank still the LPS had to be high and it really never grew it just maintained life and I had to change bulbs every 6 months to accomplish that. So in say that if your gonna jump in do it with both feet and get a good light system from the get go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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