Lights for corals

[GillianB]

I have several corals in my aquarium and I would like to place them where they would be happiest with the lighting par and flow, in my aquarium
I have
Duncan
Xenia
Brain coral
Torch coral
GSP
Candy cane
Kenya tree
Zoas
Monti
Leptospirosis

along with 2 anemones BTA and a condy
I will have this light by next week
I will attach the par chart

my tank is 14in tall and 3ft long

thanks for your advice

 

[Kellie in CA]

What kind of light do you have? How big is the aquarium?

 

[Jekyl]

Nm

 

[Pistondog]

I have several corals in my aquarium and I would like to place them where they would be happiest in my aquarium I have
Duncan lo to mid
Xenia anywhere
Brain coral low
Torch coral mid to hi
GSP anywhere
Candy cane mid
Kenya tree anywhere
Zoas low to mid
Monti hi

Assumes not the brightest light.
Locations above

 

[GillianB]

Assumes not the brightest light.
Locations above

I don’t quite understand what you are saying
Sorry

 

[Pistondog]

I don’t quite understand what you are saying
Sorry

I added text to your post in my response
"Duncan lower to middle of tank for low to mid light"

 

[GillianB]

What kind of light do you have? How big is the aquarium?

my tank is 14in tall and 3ft long

 

[GillianB]

Nm

What?

 

[dedragon]

what is the name of the light. It looks like amazon black box led so the par distribution picture they gave you is most likely wildly inaccurate. For the corals listed its easy to find care guides online. I use the captions under the frags at vividaquariums sometimes to double check par levels and flow for certain species

 

[GillianB]

what is the name of the light. It looks like amazon black box led so the par distribution picture they gave you is most likely wildly inaccurate. For the corals listed its easy to find care guides online. I use the captions under the frags at vividaquariums sometimes to double check par levels and flow for certain species

It’s called

PopBloom S40​

Sorry for the late reply I was at school

 

[dedragon]

you should be able to keep most of the corals but its going to be up the true par that this thing actually puts out. I would say everything except maybe the montipora though I am not familiar with these lights as i am with mars aqua or viparspectra. These popblooms have less wattage but I cant say how much it effects the par output.

 

[GillianB]

you should be able to keep most of the corals but its going to be up the true par that this thing actually puts out. I would say everything except maybe the montipora though I am not familiar with these lights as i am with mars aqua or viparspectra. These popblooms have less wattage but I cant say how much it effects the par output.

My tank is about 14” tall

i might be reading this wrong but are you saying that the monti won’t do well with these lights?

 

[Jekyl]

My tank is about 14” tall

i might be reading this wrong but are you saying that the monti won’t do well with these lights?

According to what it says on their Amazon post they seem to be ok. SPS should be higher in the tank. It's just a smaller wattage black box led. Same as the viparspectra, philzon, marsaqua etc.

 

[dedragon]

yes that is what I meant, montipora like moderately high lighting 150-250 par, acropora like even more at 200+ IMO. The light you have isnt a tried and true light from a trusted brand so i dont know how much light it actually puts out and it is impossible to test without an expensive par meter. Like Jekyl said it should be fine if montipora is very high in tank but hard to say without the numbers

 

[GillianB]

According to what it says on their Amazon post they seem to be ok. SPS should be higher in the tank. It's just a smaller wattage black box led. Same as the viparspectra, philzon, marsaqua etc.

Ok thanks for your help

 

[GillianB]

yes that is what I meant, montipora like moderately high lighting 150-250 par, acropora like even more at 200+ IMO. The light you have isnt a tried and true light from a trusted brand so i dont know how much light it actually puts out and it is impossible to test without an expensive par meter. Like Jekyl said it should be fine if montipora is very high in tank but hard to say without the numbers

Thanks so much