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Old 06-11-2008, 12:15 PM
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Default Re: How long to leave the lights on?

If you don't want to spend anymore money or make adjustments with the lighting right now, I think you should try to find a local reef keeper that will either sell or give you frags of the corals I listed above. Many reef keepers will help give or sell corals cheaply to beginners to help get them going. You should be able to pick up frags of any of them for $5 or less if you find the right person. I've been able to keep about half of the corals listed above in a 29 gallon tank under a standard (20w) NO light fixture. Granted, experience does help when trying to keep corals under less than ideal lighting, but I think you'll be able to have success with those corals and it would give you some experience for when you decide to upgrade your lighting to try to keep other types of corals. Just don't expect the growth rate to be super fast.
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