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Okay back in april i posted a forum about how my LTA was dying and my only light was an actinic. Tomorrow, i am going to Allpetsclub to get a new lighting system. Its going to consist of PCs and an actinic. What corals, anemones, etc can i put in my tank with this lighting sytem?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------38 gallon freshwater: 1 turquoise severum, 4 red& blue columbian tetras, 2 gold gouramis, 3 otocinclus, 1 clown loach 30 gallon saltwater: 1 coral beauty angel, 1 lubbocks wrasse, 1 clarkii clown, 1 banded coral shrimp, 1 zebra turbo snail, 1 serpent star
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What is the total wattage, and what size is the tank?
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I got a different system than I planned on getting. Its a t5 system with 2 39w "super glo" (as opposed to normal strength t5s) t5 bulbs. both bulbs are full spectrum, but they max out in the blue area of the spectrum. The tank is 36" wide, 14.5" deep (i measured from the surface to the substrate), and 12" from front to back. If i add any corals, though, they will be within 10" of the surface. The light is 3" from the surface due to its mounting brackets.
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I don't know anything about "super glo". Is that type of bulb or a type of fixture? Because the fixture can only support the type of bulbs it was designed for, so even a higher wattage bulb will put out the same wattage as a lower one on the same fixture. If it is a T5 fixture that is either HO (high output) or VHO (very high output) though, with bulbs to match, it will be brighter than a normal T5. Sometimes they just label bulbs as if they are brighter though, when it is really just a gimmick and they are the same as every other bulb except for spectrum.
If you do just have two normal 39w bulbs over a 25-30 gallon tank, that isn't that much light. Normally for a reef tank you want to shoot for at least 4 watts per gallon, but 2-3 wpg can support some lower-light soft corals like mushrooms, zoas, palys, and xenia, as well as any non-photosynthetic corals (if you are willing to do the research and feed them properly every day, which is quite a bit of work). I would not keep any type of anemone in a tank with this little light though, and certainly not an LTA. Any anemone is going to require a minimum of 4 wpg, and many of them need more.
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Super glo is a t5 that emits more light in each spectrum, or thats what the box spectrum meter says at least... As for the corals, are you sure i couldnt put in ANY LPS corals? I was thinking about ,like, candy canes or trumpets, since i could just feed each polyp individually with pieces of frozen or feeze dried krill...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------38 gallon freshwater: 1 turquoise severum, 4 red& blue columbian tetras, 2 gold gouramis, 3 otocinclus, 1 clown loach 30 gallon saltwater: 1 coral beauty angel, 1 lubbocks wrasse, 1 clarkii clown, 1 banded coral shrimp, 1 zebra turbo snail, 1 serpent star
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That is very low lighting for LPS from all I have read. I am not experienced enough in saltwater to make a call on whether you could get away with LPS if they are right at the top of the tank or something. I'd try to talk to someone with more experience, perhaps on a reef-specific forum or marine-only lfs.
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