Quaestions about corals

[clevan]

Thinking about adding some leather/mushroom corals to my existing tank. I have a 34 gallon with 2 55W T5 (what does the T5 designate?). Do I have sufficient light and what supplements do I need to add for the corals, right now it's a FOWLR tank.....by the way will my bicolar angel be a problem to the coral?
Thanks

 

[Brian5000]

For mushrooms, your lighting is fine and no supplements are required.

Your bicolor angel might be a problem. Maybe you could try adding several at once so the angle won't nip any one to death (most softies are cheap).
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[SnowManSnow]

no suppliments are needed for MOST corals, other than alk and ca balance. as far as the angel goes, I don't think he will bother anything you have in there. They may nip at sps and some polyps, but you have neither.

B

 

[IslandCrow]

T-5 refers to the diameter of the bulb. There's a very simple equation that will tell you exactly how wide the bulb is based on the "T" number, but I can't remember it at the moment. Basically, the larger the number, the larger diameter the bulb.

 

[ChrisRD]

The number designates the diameter in 1/8" increments. The letter designates the type of lamp. T = Tube style lamp.

So, T-5 are 5/8" diameter tubes, T-8 are 1" diameter, T-12 are 1-1/2" diameter, etc.

HTH