Camescu's Edge Reef

[Mattyfelts]

I've been doing some research around light spectrum and zoas/mushrooms. If I'm not mistaken I'm looking for some blue spectrum at circa 450nm.

I plan on keeping just softies so can anyone recommend nano lighting units for this purpose. Something on the Limey side of the pond would be appreciated if poss


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look up par38 bulbs, they arent to badly priced and could grow alot of corals (not just softies) but would definitely work for softies too.

 

[Camescu]

Yeah. I've been on the look out. Ideally something that I can mod and fit into the hood of a Fluval edge. But over her there is little talk of par ratings that I can find. Perhaps internet purchasing is the way forward.

Par bulbs are way different from LEDs yeah?


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[Camescu]

I suppose I could fit a par38 bulb into a standard desk lamp and point it at the tank?

Obviously would need to make sure connection size matched.


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[Mattyfelts]

par38's use the same standard bulb screw in, just like a normal lightbulb. that is what i have and have a walmart desk lamp holding it above the tank

 

[Camescu]

Cheers. I understand i will need a blue spectrum heading towards 10,000k rating?


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[Mattyfelts]

to be honest im not sure on spectrums, i just know what lights work (par38, chinese panels, etc.) some more lighting savvy people will hopefully chime in.

 

[Camescu]

Thanks Matty. It sounds like you are a getting results anyway with a par38, so maybe I am overthinking the spectrum thing. My curiosity would like to bottom out the spectrum issue though haha. Yeah. Hopefully someone in the know will shout up.


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[Mattyfelts]

yeah if you want check out my thread for my 10 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...-build-318865.html?highlight=10+gallon+build?

although i have had lots of issues, its a decent little tank

 

[Camescu]

Ta. I'm already following


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[Mattyfelts]

haha well thanks for following

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

Cheers. I understand i will need a blue spectrum heading towards 10,000k rating?


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10,000k is actually pretty white for a reef tank. If you like the blue look look for something in the 20,000k range if you like a mix of the 2 look for something in the 14,000k range.

 

[Camescu]

Cheers. A mix of the two sounds good. It's more that I know zoa's prefer blue.

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[Camescu]

The weirdest thing happened.

I have 2 Halloween hermits in the edge now. Last night I came to see them and one of them had been murdered
, and chopped up. So I moved the adjacent shells to remove the corpse.
Within a minute, both shells scuttled away. Could one shell have been housing 2 Halloweens? For nearly 3 weeks?

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[BigRedsReefs10]

Sounds like a molt, and then the hermit switched shells. And no 2 hermits won't share a shell


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