10 gallon lighting

[nanolover]

Hello my fellow nano lovers . Its been a while since I dipped my fingers in saltwater but I thought what the heck i have extra time right now (just got engaged to a wonderful woman YES!!) and I have my old 10 gallon that I used before but I want to make a coral only tank. Right now everything is in cycle right now so have to wait but i wanted to see what kind of coral I can get with the pc wattage that I have I have 89 watts over the tank at this moment and didnt know if that was good enough or not let me now and any suggestions on what kind of coral I can put in there to add color and awsomeness is encouraged. Thank you

[Loverotties]

Welcome to TRT! T-5HO would be much better but with PC you can have mushrooms,GSP,suncoral maybe some Xinia.

[nanolover]

thanks for answering my post turns out I had an extra light fixture that is t5 its 2x24 watts so I might mix the lights to have 1x65 pc and 2x24 t5 to make 113 watts over a 10 gallon i guess thats pretty good what do you think?

[scoop]

That's a lot of light for a 10 gl, it should be fine for softies and just about any lps corals. If the bulbs are relatively new you might also be able to keep some sps up high, what are your plans? Is there something in particular you have in mind? You can get a lot of colors w/ zoanthids, you can put in a frogspawn/torch coral, candy canes, acans.

[nanolover]

well I was thinking a birdsnest and some easy acans to start off with then some montis and slimers do you have any suggetions?

[Dragonist]

I say zoas and more zoas

(not my tank)

[scoop]

A birdsnest and monti's should do fine. Put the birdsnest up high. The green slimer is a very hardy coral and would also do fine, but can get very large in a hurry. If you get plating monti's they may outgrow your space in a hurry, too. Lok for the digi's instead. Remember on pc lighting that the bulbs start to lose significant par at around 6 months, so they need to be replaced frequently. The T5 bulbs are good for about 18 months, so they end up being a lot cheaper over time.

[mxracer19]

Wait, wait, wait, STOP EVERYTHING.........

i have extra time right now (just got engaged...

You got engaged and now you have MORE time? What catalog did you get her from?!?!?! I'll have to get that one!

[Maxdog]

Means less time out at the bar pickin up women! lol. Very time consuming that can be..

[nanolover]

lol yeah she is a great catch she helps me with the shopping and all the tank care cant find her in any catalog she is one of a kind thank you all for the help

[TheReefDaVinci]

Tagging along...