Hey everyone,
I bought and set up my system back in March. The tank is cycled well, haven’t had any signs of new tank symptom as i religious test parameters and do weekly water changes.
That being said, I’ve had a difficult time with my very limited corals. I had a small hammer come and go. Some Clove Polyps disappear. I have a leather and a Kenya tree hanging on but not thriving. And even my GSP isn’t opening up much.
I’ve tested my parameters. I have no phosphate very very low nitrate. Calcium levels are good too. No ammonia either. The only thing I can think of is the lighting. I bought this aquarium in a garage sale and it was set up for a fresh water Fish only tank so the lighting, while LED, isn’t anything to write home about.
Do you have any recommendations for lights that will allow me to start dipping my toe into some combination of LPS and SPS corals?
For reference I have a 46 gallons bowed tank. The dimensions are 36” wide, 20” deep and from front to back it is 12” at the edges and 16” in the middle (due to the bow front)
Thank you in advance for your help and recommendations!
I bought and set up my system back in March. The tank is cycled well, haven’t had any signs of new tank symptom as i religious test parameters and do weekly water changes.
That being said, I’ve had a difficult time with my very limited corals. I had a small hammer come and go. Some Clove Polyps disappear. I have a leather and a Kenya tree hanging on but not thriving. And even my GSP isn’t opening up much.
I’ve tested my parameters. I have no phosphate very very low nitrate. Calcium levels are good too. No ammonia either. The only thing I can think of is the lighting. I bought this aquarium in a garage sale and it was set up for a fresh water Fish only tank so the lighting, while LED, isn’t anything to write home about.
Do you have any recommendations for lights that will allow me to start dipping my toe into some combination of LPS and SPS corals?
For reference I have a 46 gallons bowed tank. The dimensions are 36” wide, 20” deep and from front to back it is 12” at the edges and 16” in the middle (due to the bow front)
Thank you in advance for your help and recommendations!