Lighting and Temperature Requirement for Corals

[Calcinus]

Dear brothers,

Need some advice with lighting and temperature requirement for corals.

1) Firstly, currently I do not have the budget for MH light so am looking at T5 sets. Currently I only have 2 T5 tubes.

With only 2 tubes, what corals can I keep?

2) If I do increase the number of T5 tubes, what coral can I keep? In general, can I know how many T5 are required for the following coral?

- Mushroom = how many T5?

- Polyps (eg. yellow polyps, star polyps) = how many T5?

- Yumas (not sure if same as mushroom) = how many T5?

- Zoo (not sure if same as polys) = how many T5?

- Other soft coral (eg. leather coral)= how many T5?

- LPS (eg. hammer, frogspawn) = how many T5?

3) If I am only using T5, assuming not as hot as MH lights, do I need a chiller to keep these above corals?

Thank you so much!

[BFG]

I have never tried keeping corals with 2 tubes only. But it is not only the number of tubes you'll need but also how long you can use a T5 tube. Having a chiller is a good due to the fact that it helps in keeping temperature level stable.

[DUCADOS]

Height of tank also do play a part. Higher the tank is,u will need a more powerful light to reach the bottom for corals.

[pandagold]

size of tank and length of t5 is also immportant

Can't have a 3*2*2ft tank with 2 ft light .

Bro, you'll have to advice us your tank set up .