Lighting for quarantine?

pacificdiver · 05/14/2017, 01:44 PM

I'm going to be starting the process of converting a 150g FOWLR system to mixed reef. I'm going to set up a 10g coral-only QT, with the intent on leaving any new additions in quarantine for at least 72 days (my DT is ich-free, at least on paper, due to no-exceptions TTM).

My question is, can I get away with an inexpensive Home Depot LED refugium light, like the one I have growing chaeto in my sump, or do I need a "coral-specific" lamp?

Thanks in advance.

CK00020 · 05/14/2017, 03:11 PM

Wouldn't a Chinese black box led work, those aren't too costly

CK00020 · 05/14/2017, 03:13 PM

I would go bigger than a 10 gal, isn't a 40b like around 40-50 bucks

pacificdiver · 05/14/2017, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CK00020

I would go bigger than a 10 gal, isn't a 40b like around 40-50 bucks

Not really a cost consideration - more space, since the basement is pretty jammed. Is a 10G going to be a nightmare to keep stable, if there are no non-corals in the system? If so, I'll definitely go larger. I had just seen many references to 10G QT systems for corals, so I was assuming that was doable.

ali1 · 05/14/2017, 04:15 PM

10g difficult. Evaporation alone can cause salinity swings

05/14/2017, 01:44 PM	#1
pacificdiver Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 121	Lighting for quarantine? I'm going to be starting the process of converting a 150g FOWLR system to mixed reef. I'm going to set up a 10g coral-only QT, with the intent on leaving any new additions in quarantine for at least 72 days (my DT is ich-free, at least on paper, due to no-exceptions TTM). My question is, can I get away with an inexpensive Home Depot LED refugium light, like the one I have growing chaeto in my sump, or do I need a "coral-specific" lamp? Thanks in advance.

05/14/2017, 04:15 PM	#5
ali1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 997	10g difficult. Evaporation alone can cause salinity swings __________________ Originally Posted by Gogandantess "I'm totally frustrated by this disease. My display has been fallow for 2 months now. If ich happened to mysteriously appear again, I'm giving up and going back to African Cichilds."

05/14/2017, 03:11 PM	#2
CK00020 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Wi Posts: 61	Wouldn't a Chinese black box led work, those aren't too costly

05/14/2017, 03:13 PM	#3
CK00020 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Wi Posts: 61	I would go bigger than a 10 gal, isn't a 40b like around 40-50 bucks