Refugium lighting and fish health

FlatBrokeMedic · 04/04/2020, 07:19 PM

Ok so I recently purchased a mandarin online and it is tiny. I want to put it in my refugium until it grows a bit larger. My concern is I have a kessil H380 over the refugium section and I’m worried about harming the fishes eyes, I know it bothers mine. I can change out the light for a small tunze light for now if I had to, and I can always run more GFO to compensate for the lack of Chaeto growth.

Thanks

HumbleFish · 04/04/2020, 08:04 PM

I would use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/ACKE-Lights-S.../dp/B01LX1EO3W

Four drachma · 04/04/2020, 08:57 PM

I have one, and he’ll eat newly hatched brine shrimp...you could put him in your display tank and just supplement his feeding a few times a week with the brine shrimp.

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FlatBrokeMedic · 04/04/2020, 09:16 PM

The problem is that the fish is .75 to 1 inch, I had one disappear in the display already

FlatBrokeMedic · 04/04/2020, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HumbleFish

I would use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/ACKE-Lights-S.../dp/B01LX1EO3W

I already have a grow light the question is wether it will damage the eyes of the fish or not

04/04/2020, 07:19 PM	#1
FlatBrokeMedic Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mansfield, Ohio Posts: 51	Refugium lighting and fish health Ok so I recently purchased a mandarin online and it is tiny. I want to put it in my refugium until it grows a bit larger. My concern is I have a kessil H380 over the refugium section and I’m worried about harming the fishes eyes, I know it bothers mine. I can change out the light for a small tunze light for now if I had to, and I can always run more GFO to compensate for the lack of Chaeto growth. Thanks

04/04/2020, 08:04 PM	#2
HumbleFish Moved On Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,757	I would use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/ACKE-Lights-S.../dp/B01LX1EO3W

04/04/2020, 08:57 PM	#3
Four drachma Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 134	I have one, and he’ll eat newly hatched brine shrimp...you could put him in your display tank and just supplement his feeding a few times a week with the brine shrimp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04/04/2020, 09:16 PM	#4
FlatBrokeMedic Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mansfield, Ohio Posts: 51	The problem is that the fish is .75 to 1 inch, I had one disappear in the display already