[arctictwist]

I have a 36" powercompact setup> It consists of one twin tube 10000k 96 watt bulb and one twin tube 96 watt blue actinic. It also has moonlights for at night. My question is, what else besides zoanthids will do well under this light set up?

[glampka]

192 watts - same as I have on mine & same size tank. I have leathers, frogspawn, candy cane, plate, mushrooms, star polyps to name a few.

[Lowej82]

I have same light setup.....I have zoo's & paly's, shroom's , yellow poylps, kenya tree & a branching hammer coral with 5 heads. Plan to pick up some leathers soon.

[pogodzib]

Most soft and LPS corals will do fine. Some SPS and anemones can be kept under those lights once you get enough experience and know what SPS corals are less light demanding.

[malawi]

So in the soft corals and feather duster etc etc. pc lighting is good? well what about Vho's or that's the new thing going the Power compacts.

[e_baer]

Well, feather dusters are fine in all light, they dont need light to live. if you are looking to get a new system, look in the the T-5 HO systems or the t-5 vho. and make sure they come with the individualy reflectors.

[pogodzib]

The new thing is the T5HO and probably heading toward the T5V-HO. I see VHOs as an outdated lighting source, but consider them better than PCs.

[malawi]

ok the vhos is better but the compact got more to it like the lunar lights etc etc.

[pogodzib]

Originally Posted by malawi

ok the vhos is better but the compact got more to it like the lunar lights etc etc.

Agree. Although, like I already said, the VHOs are outdated these days so I wouldn't buy a (T12) VHO unit

[malawi]

ok I got you so be looking for t-5 or compact system..cause I'm going soft coral anyway.I have a compaci system on my freshwater tank with two bright and two blue and also two lunars light with a built in fan..So I only need something like that right?

[Rainman69]

Originally Posted by malawi

ok I got you so be looking for t-5 or compact system..cause I'm going soft coral anyway.I have a compaci system on my freshwater tank with two bright and two blue and also two lunars light with a built in fan..So I only need something like that right?

What size tanks are these. If possible I'd put current lights on saltwater. Buy less expensive ones for freshwater.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Malawi,do you have a canopy?

[malawi]

Originally Posted by Rainman69

What size tanks are these. If possible I'd put current lights on saltwater. Buy less expensive ones for freshwater.

well I have a africans cichlid tank..and the brand name is current with the lunar light: but the reef tank going to be 65gl high with soft corals.

[malawi]

yes I have a canopy on my tank the 65gl

[pogodzib]

I think a 65 gal tank is 24" high, so I'd go with T5HO for soft corals. I've kept soft corals in a 45 gal tank (24") under 192w of PC lighting and the light wasn't strong enough for the corals to thrive.