Grow light for paly? Will this work?

[Jake_the_reefer]

Hey guys! I have a couple fresh water and one salt water pico tank only my dining room table and the big issue i have is with lighting. I don't want to use a blue bulb because who wants to be blasted with blue light any time you sit at the table. I am curious if a light like this would grow the big green palythoas. This light is working great for the fresh water planted picos but I am concerned palys won't grow under it. I don't care if the corals brown out from full spectrum light... Any advice?

 

[MoshJosh]

Freshwater/plant lights can probably grow palys. . . but will you get that nuclear green look out of the palys? Maybe?

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pico...=16034&indexName=brs_prod_m2_default_products

 

[exnisstech]

If it were me I would give them a try just to see but I'm not sure how nice the palys will look with those lights. The palys may not thrive but I doubt they'll die. I have kept rocks covered with them in dark brutes with just a power head and no heat for 6 months and they just go dormant and come back to life when placed in a tank with light and heat. I've had similar experience with the paly grandis as well. Palys are close to indistructable IME.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

If it were me I would give them a try just to see but I'm not sure how nice the palys will look with those lights. The palys may not thrive but I doubt they'll die. I have kept rocks covered with them in dark brutes with just a power head and no heat for 6 months and they just go dormant and come back to life when placed in a tank with light and heat. I've had similar experience with the paly grandis as well. Palys are close to indistructable IME.

Cool. That's what I'm looking for. I am cool with browned out corals I just want them alive

 

[exnisstech]

I just remembered I have a rock under a cheap LED grow light. It's just a 10g with rock that I'm trying to get algae to grow in so I can keep some extra cuc. They are not thriving but starting to come around. This is one of the rocks I mentioned above where they were dormant.

 

[Uncle99]

It will absolutely grow palys.
And other things too.
Enjoy

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I've grown pally's under an indoor plant light before. The only thing is, as mentioned, without the blue light, corals just appear dull and brown.

 

[Faurek]

The ones shown seem too weak unless the tank is very shallow, but basically you just need enough light, its not really about the type. Those are no where near 300w I can show some AliExpress deals if you tell how tall is the aquarium.