2x96 PC

[SnowManSnow]

hey guys

Ive dealt with MH so long, I've forgotten whats reasonable to keep under PC lighting. I have a 2x96w fixture Actinic03 and 10k that I'm going to put over a 40g breeder tank.

What can i keep in there?

B

 

[jent46bow]

I have a 2x96 and a 65watt and here is what corals I keep:
frogspawn
open brain
tons of diffrent kinds of mushrooms, no problems with any to date
tons of diffrent zoas, havent found a zoa I can't keep yet ether
kenya tree coral
xenia
yellow polyps
GSP
Green Button Polyps
and I even keep a red monti. cap that sits very high in the tank....it has been growing like CRAZY too (this one surpised me, I was trading with a guy and he INSISTED I took it, I did not think it was going to live)
fox coral (i don't have one but there supposed to be able to handle low light)

A few things you can't keep are:
most SPS (obviously)
most anemones (exceptions: Tube anemone, and maybe a Rock Flower Anemone)
any clam

there are a few sps, and other things that may "survive" under that light but will quickly lose there colour, and may not survive there full life span or be particularly (sp?) happy

 

[dave_atl]

breeder tanks are pretty shallow, I would imagine you'd be able to keep anything in there, including sps. I'll let you know in a few months, I'm putting a 96 quad over a 20 for frags/refugium.

 

[Rob Top]

Not as a plan, but I have my clams under 2x96 currently. It was only suppose to be for a couple weeks, but it has been a couple months and will be a bit longer as I finish building the new fishroom. They are in a 75, but about 5" from the surface. I know it is working as there is new shell growth. But I really don't love the idea and hope to have them back under MH very soon

 

[Anonymous]

I have almost hte same list as posted above ecxept I had Monti digita that was growing under the PC. Thicker growth not as fine of branches but still growth. I think it all depends on depth and placement.

 

[bradl.]

Zoanthids!

 

[jent46bow]

Not as a plan, but I have my clams under 2x96 currently. It was only suppose to be for a couple weeks, but it has been a couple months and will be a bit longer as I finish building the new fishroom. They are in a 75, but about 5" from the surface. I know it is working as there is new shell growth. But I really don't love the idea and hope to have them back under MH very soon

Yes, I would love to keep a clam in my tank but....I have read quite extensively and they will not survive long term. At about a year they just kick the bucket. It is enough light for them to live some good amount of time but they wont be very happy and eventually will just die.

 

[SnowManSnow]

Well,

All this is for a temp tank anyway. When my new house gets built I'm going to strip the fixture of the 2x96 equipment and combine it inside a hood with my 250w mh.

 

[stubbsz]

A few things you can't keep are:
most SPS (obviously)
most anemones (exceptions: Tube anemone, and maybe a Rock Flower Anemone)
any clam

Wow, I had better take my SPS corals out of my PC tank.[/quote]