Suggestions for corals with PC lighting?

[jgordie]

I have a 72" strip PC light with 2 96w smartpaq lights (10000 daylight/460nm actinic)
Can anyone suggest what type of corals would do well under this lighting? I have a 125 gallon tank?

[betamed]

most of the mushroom corals don't need much light. Just about anything else would need to be placed as high as possible.

[dobejazz]

Zoa's, mushrooms and most leathers should be ok I would think

[ChilisREasy]

need more lighting for a 125g tank...maybe some mushrooms..about it in my opinion

[jgordie]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

[hng]

Seems like a very minimal amount of lighting for such a big tank. I would stick with mushrooms and zoas at this point. If you could increse the lighting, it would really open up the possibilities. If you have some live rock, you could also place more light demanding corals higher in the tank, closer to the lights.

[Reefyone]

I have corals in the tank with comparable light: 90g tank, 24" deep, 110W (10,000K : actinics = 3:1) PC light by AHS.

What is growing and what level:

Bottom and the lower third: sun coral (light independent), white lemnalia, and surviving, but not growing well - Capnella (Kenya tree), Anthelia, GSP. Zone, directly under the middle of the lamp, does better, than the corner of the tank.

Middle ~6"/15cm of the tank: green hairy mushroom, GSP, white xenia, capnella. Surviving, but not growing well - bright red mushroom.

Top third: everything is doing quite well, frogspawn, hammers, blasto merletti, monocolor thin-stemmed candycane, GSP, BSP, white xenia, white lemnalia, anthelia and capnella tried to grow out of control, yellow polyps, orange zoantids, bright red mushrooms, blue algae ochtodes, even light-green scolymia and pink lobophyllia close to the top. Now acan echino is on the trial in the middle of the tank.

Growth is not so fast, as with twice more light (I'm keeping subdued light for a fish), worse of all are red mushrooms, but they like light.

[ChilisREasy]

as reefyone said...theyll live...but growth forget it...the only thing that has ever grown in almost 2 years is my toadstool..im using 130w 10k Pc over a 55g tall..xenia dosent even grow

[Glockafella]

anything but clams...

[Loverotties]

I wouldn't say anything.

[Glockafella]

depending on where its places in the tank...i would say "mostly'' anything common...how bout that

[luvmylo]

ummmmmmmmm no glock. I'm not sure I would try any sps at all with this. Maybe some lps higher up in the tank. no clams

[jgordie]

thanks for the responses everyone. My toadstool is doing really well. I think I am going to get another..I think I may try a white xenia and maybe another kenya tree. I had 3 mushrooms that just seem to live for a few weeks and then disappear. I do think that my tank is becoming more stable and am ready to try a few more things. Wish me luck

[luvmylo]

cool jgordie. good luck

[Dagrape]

Originally Posted by jgordie

thanks for the responses everyone. My toadstool is doing really well. I think I am going to get another..I think I may try a white xenia and maybe another kenya tree. I had 3 mushrooms that just seem to live for a few weeks and then disappear. I do think that my tank is becoming more stable and am ready to try a few more things. Wish me luck

I had a kenya tree in a 25gal with 110W of PC lighting and it lost all of its color and didn't grow at all.