Starting a nano, qns on lights

[aStRoBo|]

i have my 1ft nano tank started on cycling yesterday. But i don't know what light is suitable for the 1ft.. can u ppl suggest? wan to keep bubble coral, finger, polyps, sun coral. what light u all suggest? how many watts and k?

[[P]owder Blue]

I do have a one ft cube for my mantis shrimp. Am using 1 x 9 watt. But for your case you might want to consider 2 x 13 watt or more. It is kinda weird to use mh or t5 for a one footer.

[[P]owder Blue]

i have my 1ft nano tank started on cycling yesterday. But i don't know what light is suitable for the 1ft.. can u ppl suggest? wan to keep bubble coral, finger, polyps, sun coral. what light u all suggest? how many watts and k?

you might consider leaving the bubble out .. coz it can expand to a rather big size ..

[surfedelic]

I used to have a nano 5 gallon tank I used 2 x 13 watt (white and blue combo compact lamp) The result is very good. But I have a 15 gallon sump at the back. You can base on 4 to 5 watt /gallon. In fact my mushroom grow very well when I have the small tank and the button button polyp which I have would grow from 1 button to 6 button polyp in about a week's time. It kept me worrying after seeing the result whether it will overgrow.

Currently I am using MH but I still don't see such speed in the growth.

I advise dont buy any bubble coral cause they can really stretch into tentacles in the night - and you will have a war zone unless you place your coral far apart which is not likely. Go with suncoral, mushroom , star polyp, finger. I think shouldn't be a problem.

[aStRoBo|]

thanks for all the response!