Can corals go here or too lowly lit?

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 22, 2021

I have a few spots in my tank that have more shadows ever since I added more rock. Are there any corals that I can put in any of these spots or will they just have to be left open?

Picture 1: look at the center of the rock work/any spot that has shadows

Picture 2: Look under overhang (plan to put a torch in lit area so not so worried about it)

Picture 3: Look to the right side of the rock. Plan to put hammer in lit area but it is still kinda dim

Picture 4: Look on top/front of the center rock

can any low light corals go in these spots?

tbrown · Jul 22, 2021

There are some corals that want low light. Also, a lot of anemones like to sit in semi-shaded areas and reach out to the light. My pavona is shaded almost entirely by my monti cap and it's the third fastest grower in my tank. (Cap and digitata are the two fastest)

Uncle99 · Jul 22, 2021

Mushroom, cyphastrea….

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 22, 2021

I know these corals can work I just didn’t know if this is too low light for anything to grow in. Didn’t look too much into mushrooms but I’ll definitely write those down.

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 23, 2021

Bumping to see if what I said about it being too dim is true ^^^^

Pntbll687 · Jul 23, 2021

mushrooms, cyphastrea, and especially blastomussa coral.

Blastos seem to not like direct light, they really prefer shaded areas

Townes_Van_Camp · Jul 23, 2021

Cyphestrea all day. I’m growing a piece of asteroid cyphestrea in about 50 par. It gets partial light. But the whole thing is growing, slowly.

Goaway · Jul 23, 2021

MiniReefInABox said:
Bumping to see if what I said about it being too dim is true ^^^^

There are some nice colorful recommendations for you.

Pntbll687 said:
mushrooms, cyphastrea, and especially blastomussa coral.

Blastos seem to not like direct light, they really prefer shaded areas

+1 to blastos. I love blastos. I don't know why I haven't bought any yet....

IslandLifeReef · Jul 23, 2021

MiniReefInABox said:
Bumping to see if what I said about it being too dim is true ^^^^

The only real way to know if the area is too dim is to check it with a PAR meter. Everything else is just a guess.

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 23, 2021

IslandLifeReef said:
The only real way to know if the area is too dim is to check it with a PAR meter. Everything else is just a guess.

I have a par meter app on my phone but I don’t trust putting my phone underwater and don’t really want to rent a meter

Townes_Van_Camp · Jul 23, 2021

MiniReefInABox said:
I have a par meter app on my phone but I don’t trust putting my phone underwater and don’t really want to rent a meter

Look at the apogee sq-420. The cheapest way to get into a quality sensor.

outhouse · Jul 24, 2021

MiniReefInABox said:
Bumping to see if what I said about it being too dim is true ^^^^

biggest mistake is too much light, I run my leds at !% W and B and growth is through the roof again. massive par does not always translate to growth, some coral s love to reach for the light and do better with less light.

Bleigh · Jul 24, 2021

Uncle99 said:
Mushroom, cyphastrea….

My first two thoughts to.

I had a green hulk leptastre growing in 8 par. It was slow. But was growing.

131696 · Jul 24, 2021

Last year they find a coral reef 100 foot down looked like an island in the ocean even had a few sticks on it .barely any light and everything was thriving

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 24, 2021

That’s good to know guys. I thought low light corals mean that they’d have to have some light but not a lot. While this is true, it’s not as little light as I thought they could live in

131696 · Jul 24, 2021

MiniReefInABox said:
That’s good to know guys. I thought low light corals mean that they’d have to have some light but not a lot. While this is true, it’s not as little light as I thought they could live in

The 4 hr video of this is on YouTube it was 160 feet down sps Corals and softies ,everything is stable,stable is key