Low Light Corals?

[Jake337]

I'm planning on buying some corals for my 55 gal tank. I only have t5 lighting, not the strongest. I know that corals such as mushroom don't need much light. Can anyone post a list of corals that can maintain low light?

 

[Cfox]

Mushrooms Kenya trees Xenia are a few lower light corals gorgonians are non photo synthetic online sites that sell Coral will let you know how much light a coral needs

 

[Mrc8858]

What kind of light do you have because depending on the fixture and how many bulbs you could keep anything including sps

 

[Jake337]

Thanks for the info. Yeah I wanted to get some xeina but I wasn't sure if thy needed a lot of light

 

[Jake337]

I only have a 2bulb t5 light fixture.

 

[Flreefer]

Just because you have T5, does not mean you only have low light. It depends on how many T5's, what wattage they are, and how deep the tank is.

 

[Jake337]

My tanks 20in deep. I made a thread awhile ago questioning f my t5 were high output or not. I just always thought my lights were too weak for coral.

 

[Flreefer]

How many bulbs are there, and how long?

 

[Jake337]

2 bulbs, 30" each

 

[Flreefer]

Yeah, on a 55, that is pretty low light.
I just didn't want you to limit yourself because you thought T5's weren't powerful enough for corals.

 

[Jake337]

Yeah, I mean light IMO is the most expensive thing to purchase in the hobby. I don't have that kind of money to spend 100+ on lights.

 

[Flreefer]

With that amount of light, mushrooms would be your safest bet.
There are some pretty awesome shrooms out there, you can make a really nice looking setup with a bunch of different mushrooms!
Best of luck!

 

[Jake337]

Thanks! Yeah I'm probably going to get some this weekend!

 

[Jake337]

Anyone else know of any corals that can maintain lower light.

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Zoanthids would be rockin under your lights. You may even want to try a toadstool leather and a trumpet coral placed in the highest spot you have. I'm betting it'll be fine if your tank is well filtered and your parameters are good. Are you growing a healthy crop of coralline? Nitrates under control?

 

[Jake337]

Yes, my coraline algae is spreading pretty fast. Downfall to this is my sand is somewhat turning purple from all the little rocks. I would live to get some mushrooms and zooanthids

 

[Jake337]

Still curious .

 

[Jake337]

Still curious.. Anyone know any low light corals that may stay under my 2 bulb t5 light fixture? 55 gallon, 20 inch deep?

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Did you try getting any of the ones already recommended to you are were you wanting to keep something specific?

 

[Hardridge]

Sun coral