Lighting help

bubbleguppi · Jun 25, 2026

Hi everyone! Still getting the hang of asking questions on here hopefully i've been doing it right lol.

I am currently using a LED Fluval Aquasky 35W light for my aquarium, i know this is a fish only light typically but it was already being used before me. Without buying a new light could you guys recommend settings that will be okay for the fish and coral but still bring color.
I have:
-Mushroom Corals
-2 Clownfish
-2 Damsels ( Three striped & yellow tail blue damsel)
-1 Tuxedo Urchin
-3 Orange Linkia
-2 sand sifting stars
+my snails

It's bluetooth and comes with an app here's what it looks like:

Tahoe61 · Jun 25, 2026

Welcome to R2R.

Long story short, if you want to keep corals successfully you absolutely need better lighting.
Look at the Viperspectra, Smatfarm, Popbloom, Nicrew for better lighting.
Lighting can be complicated, a 35 watt fixture is not coral friendly.

How many starfish?

bubbleguppi · Jun 25, 2026

Tahoe61 said:
Welcome to R2R.

Long story short, if you want to keep corals successfully you absolutely need better lighting.
Look at the Viperspectra, Smatfarm, Popbloom, Nicrew for better lighting.
Lighting can be complicated, a 35 watt fixture is not coral friendly.

How many starfish?

5 stars in total and so far the mushrooms are really thriving with this light they have spread and grown huge over the last couple of years. I just was looking for settings to use until I can get the correct light for everyone.

revhtree · Jul 1, 2026

So everything is going good you just don’t live the color of the lighting spectrum?

Is the light color too white now or what are you looking for?

bubbleguppi · Thursday at 1:47 PM

revhtree said:
So everything is going good you just don’t live the color of the lighting spectrum?

Is the light color too white now or what are you looking for?

Yes! everything is going good the light just appears too white and doesn't show the nice colors on my fish or corals so I wanted to see what someone could recommend.

Thank you for the reply

risiy · Thursday at 5:24 PM

bubbleguppi said:
Hi everyone! Still getting the hang of asking questions on here hopefully i've been doing it right lol.

I am currently using a LED Fluval Aquasky 35W light for my aquarium, i know this is a fish only light typically but it was already being used before me. Without buying a new light could you guys recommend settings that will be okay for the fish and coral but still bring color.
I have:
-Mushroom Corals
-2 Clownfish
-2 Damsels ( Three striped & yellow tail blue damsel)
-1 Tuxedo Urchin
-3 Orange Linkia
-2 sand sifting stars
+my snails

It's bluetooth and comes with an app here's what it looks like:

for more guide visit https://wendy-menus.com/

For mushrooms, I'd run the blue channel high, around 80–90%, keep the white around 25–35%, and leave the red and green very low, around 5–10%. An 8–10 hour light schedule should work well. It won't be ideal for demanding corals, but it should be fine for mushrooms while also making the fish colors stand out.