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Old 10-20-2006, 06:20 PM   #1
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coral decisions...


ok, tank: 30-ish gallon hex tank... deep is the name
lights: 2 65watt compact flourescent
skimmer, etc. etc. can get as much flow as I want, nothing is external though

questions: can I do LPS? softies do great
where oh where can I get a lot of nice frags for a nice price?
what do ya'll think of this? http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.co...l.aspx?ID=4738
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Ya, I think you can do LPS toward the top.

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Old 10-20-2006, 07:25 PM   #3
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how deep is the tank?
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Old 10-20-2006, 09:51 PM   #4
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it is possible but you will need to keep them up very high adn maybe boost the lighting when you can. the deepness is what gets ya..
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Old 10-20-2006, 10:55 PM   #5
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I ran a 37g with 2x65w PCs and all of my corals (softies and LPS) did very well. 37s are pretty deep too. Some of them like my candy corals had to be closer to the top, but my frogspawn and hammer did very well close to the bottom.
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Old 10-21-2006, 09:20 AM   #6
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its 28 inches deep... like I said, great for softies...
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