I can tell you this, you should see improved coloration in your LPS. I have
a branched frogspawn, and some of it is under a ledge while other branches
are out in the open. The coral is on the bottom of the tank. The branches
under the ledge are darkly colored, and are really nice. The ones out in the
open are light and a bit washed out. I am assuming that with the change in
lighting, you will see that type of trend but within the whole animal. It
should be nice.
My problem is that my tank is dominatly SPS, with a couple of LPS mixed in.
That is my mistake, and getting the lighting right for both types of corals
is tough in my tank. It is short, wide and not very tall, almost a square,
so it is hard to create zones. It is pretty much either a crap load of light
over the whole tank, or not. I cant do SPS on one side and LPS on the other,
the tank is too short.
Anyways, I hope the switch goes smoothly for you. Let us know how the corals
react!
Shane
PS. If you have a digital camera, take before and afters!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry J. Geguzis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Coraline growth?
>
> Hi Shane,
> I'll let you know how it goes. You have a good memory, I do have
> mostly leathers and LPS (and of course fish). I'll be making the shift
> this
> Friday, so your tank will have a "head start" on mine. Let's keep in touch
>
> on the list, so everyone can benefit from our changes in lighting.
> (Although I wouldn't draw too many conclusions with just two tanks, if all
>
> the other variables remain relatively constant, we have a decent
> experiment
> going).
> Larry
>
> At 03:54 PM 10/3/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >None imparticular. I will tell you this, I went from 2-175 watt mhs and
> 4-96
> >watt vhos to one mh and the vhos. It has only been like that for one
> week,
> >so I am not sure about any long term difference. I will tell you this
> too,
> >my chiller sure likes it! It runs way less now.
> >
> >Let me know how the change goes, I am interested to hear how the "lower
> >light" works in the tank, and how the corals are effected. You may even
> find
> >you self taking one or two of the pcs out later! Didnt you have dominatly
> >LPS and leathers?
> >
> >Shane C.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Larry J. Geguzis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:39 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: Coraline growth?
> > >
> > > Thanks Shane,
> > > Later this week I'm getting rid of my MH's (they were pooping
> out
> > > anyway) and retrofitting the hood with 2 power compacts which each
> have
> > > two 96 watt 10K bulbs. These will be in addition to the 2 VHO actinics
> > > (360 watt total with those). I'll be dropping down about 100 watts
> from
> > > the 3 175 watt MH's, but I'm hoping I'll still be OK since I have
> > > "mountains" of LR which allow good options as to how close to the
> source I
> > > can place various critters. Everything seems to be pretty well
> thriving
> > > with the current setup, so I'm hoping that that continues.
> > > Any suggestions/comments?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Larry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."
> > > --Mark Twain
> > >
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