what can be kept with what?

kathywithbirds · 06-29-2007, 05:40 PM

Hi guys
I need a book or something on which corals can be kept with which corals. Stinging and aggressiveness and such.

And their environments: I'm getting into lighting and so far I seem to be gathering that shrooms and softies need about 4 to 6 watts per gallon, SPSs are 5 to 8, LPSs like 6 to 9.

How close is this estimation? If I get a MH 150w, I'm figuring that translates into only 4 watts per gallon in my 37g (roughly). So I'm better off with a 250w MH? That's only 6 watts per. My tank is 24 inches deep.

Boy, my physics and bio high school teachers would be ashamed.

kyle1284 · 06-29-2007, 07:16 PM

i have a 4x54 T5 set up over my 75 which is 24 inches deep and my shrooms are growing and dividing like mad men.. even the ones on the bottom. I also have a Hammer coral and candycane that are both LPS which are thriving... SPS tend to be the more "light demanding" coral along w/ clams ... u can get away w/ PC's on LPS but t-5 and MH will do ya good just depends on what ya got and how high they are put in the aquarium...

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,937 View Gallery Karma Komment	what can be kept with what? Hi guys I need a book or something on which corals can be kept with which corals. Stinging and aggressiveness and such. And their environments: I'm getting into lighting and so far I seem to be gathering that shrooms and softies need about 4 to 6 watts per gallon, SPSs are 5 to 8, LPSs like 6 to 9. How close is this estimation? If I get a MH 150w, I'm figuring that translates into only 4 watts per gallon in my 37g (roughly). So I'm better off with a 250w MH? That's only 6 watts per. My tank is 24 inches deep. Boy, my physics and bio high school teachers would be ashamed. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

06-29-2007, 07:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
kyle1284 Elegance coral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Huntsville, TX Posts: 1,061 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what can be kept with what? i have a 4x54 T5 set up over my 75 which is 24 inches deep and my shrooms are growing and dividing like mad men.. even the ones on the bottom. I also have a Hammer coral and candycane that are both LPS which are thriving... SPS tend to be the more "light demanding" coral along w/ clams ... u can get away w/ PC's on LPS but t-5 and MH will do ya good just depends on what ya got and how high they are put in the aquarium... __________________ KYLE 75 Gal 110 Lbs Live Rock 40 Lbs of live sand Equiptment:48 Inch 4x54 T-5 true blue and 10000k lights, 2 fuvual 305 Canister Filters Mis. Mushrooms, Fan Worms, hammer coral, frog spawn, candy cane, A TON OF TRUMPET CORAL!! orange plating monti, some kind of branching monti, pom pom xeina, all kinds of zoos BRIGHT GREEN star polyps, xeina, neon green toadstool, 3 damn damsles, a foxface and a blue tang. November 1...The begining! http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2.../random045.jpg November 8,2008 http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ristina034.jpg My 75 GALLON BAR TOP REEF TANK! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...n-bar-top.html

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