corals that dont need light

[Good Alex]

hi im new to reefs.org and i have a 150g tank without the greatest lights, and was wondering what corals dont need alot of light to live. ex sun coral, and georginians(bad speller) but would like to know of any more. I have 2 10 000k lights and 2 96w true antinics, decided not to up grade my lights, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[herpencounter]

How many watts are the 10000k?

Also how deep is the tank.

 

[Good Alex]

also 96w, and the tank is about two and a half feet high

ive also heard that blastos dont need strong light, can that be an option too?

 

[herpencounter]

hmm...

You have like no light.

lets hope you find some one who knows lots about coral. :?

 

[Good Alex]

Ya when i bought it i had the intetions of a FOWLR tank and i do still but i would like to add some nice color, dont have any angels at the time that wold harass the corals thought, its like a peaceful FOWLR tank. so thats why im looking for corals that dont need any light, ive already found a few

 

[mr_X]

you can keep mushrooms. you can keep some leathers. just keep them high on your rockwork.

 

[Good Alex]

leathers and shrooms really?? dident think they would stand a chance thanks a bunch!

if anyone else knows of any please tell

 

[Good Alex]

Do yellow polyps need light? or are they filter feeders

 

[mr_X]

yeah..shrooms don't need tons of light. alot of my shrooms do well completely shaded from any substantial light.
and if you keep leathers high up on your rock, those power compacts should do the job.

 

[Snowboarda42]

sun polyps dont need light, they do need feeding though

 

[Good Alex]

i kno thanks

 

[Good Alex]

so no more corals that anyone knows of??

 

[Anonymous]

leathers and shrooms really?? dident think they would stand a chance thanks a bunch!

if anyone else knows of any please tell

Sorry, have to disagree with that. IMO even high in the tank there isn't enough light penetration at that wattage to sustain them. I would save the money you'll spend compromising on corals and use it to upgrade your lighting.

 

[Good Alex]

so i was reading on another fourm that frogspawns are pretty hardy and can live with PC's do you think that they could be an option for me?

 

[mr_X]

my shrooms do best at the bottom of my tank, and some under the shade of the rockwork. i have a toadstool that does best partially shaded as well.
i have a kenya tree that has branched off, and sent pieces floating. one hooked to a rock in almost ccomplete shade, and looks very happy.

 

[mr_X]

again, towards the top of the tank you could have these corals. it's not total wattage you're shooting for if you keep the corals close to the light.
it's like a nano cube that has 2x24 watts on it. are you telling me this is not enough light to keep any corals?

 

[Good Alex]

my shrooms do best at the bottom of my tank, and some under the shade of the rockwork. i have a toadstool that does best partially shaded as well.
i have a kenya tree that has branched off, and sent pieces floating. one hooked to a rock in almost ccomplete shade, and looks very happy.

What kind of lights do you have?

 

[Good Alex]

it's like a nano cube that has 2x24 watts on it. are you telling me this is not enough light to keep any corals?

Are you asking me if the nano has enough lights cause then if would depend what kind of lights, how high the tank is, sorry dident quite understand you

 

[Good Alex]

so i was reading on another fourm that frogspawns are pretty hardy and can live with PC's do you think that they could be an option for me?

 

[Good Alex]

woah how did that post get there, i dident send it again :?: :?: