Kessil h380 and fish

Psustein

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Jan 10, 2018
Messages
41
Reaction score
18
Location
Philadelphia
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I am building a mangrove/macroalgae/coral quarantine tank it will have a side with sand for the mangroves to grow out of, and a bare bottom side for a frag rack. I bought a kessil h380 for the side of the tank with mangroves and macroalgae. What I was curious about is I would like to put maybe two fish in the system, and I wanted to know if running the kessil to grow the macroalgae and mangroves would upset the fish. I don't want to stress the fish out more than necessary. I know i have seen people with fish in their refugium but i know everyone says how powerful the kessil h380 is so I just want to know if the fish would react negatively to it.
 

eatbreakfast

Fish Nerd
View Badges
Joined
Oct 21, 2013
Messages
14,837
Reaction score
16,238
Location
CT
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Shallow water species will be fine. The light may be powerful, but not as powerful as the tropical sun.
 

ca1ore

10K Club member
View Badges
Joined
Oct 28, 2014
Messages
13,918
Reaction score
19,768
Location
Stamford, CT
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
H380 is no more powerful than the A360 ...... which lots of people use over their displays.
 
OP
OP
Psustein

Psustein

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Jan 10, 2018
Messages
41
Reaction score
18
Location
Philadelphia
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Thanks for the feedback I'm confident the intensity won't have any effect but as a follow up how about the magenta or purple light. Will this light color bother the fish or no real effect.
 

When to mix up fish meal: When was the last time you tried a different brand of food for your reef?

  • I regularly change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 42 23.2%
  • I occasionally change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 60 33.1%
  • I rarely change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 58 32.0%
  • I never change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 17 9.4%
  • Other.

    Votes: 4 2.2%
Back
Top