Open brain coral in oceanic 29 gallon bio cube...

[mandarinlove]

Is there enough lighting for an open brain coral in a 29 gallon oceanic bio cube?

 

[melosu58]

I`m not too familiar with that unit. What type lighting does it have?

 

[mandarinlove]

1-36 Watt True Actinic 03 Blue Straight Pin
1-36 Watt 10,000K Daylight Straight Pin
3.75 Watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED

 

[Zer0]

I do believe the 29G biocube has 1 Coralife 10,000K 36Watt Compact Fluorescent lamp, 1 Coralife Actinic 36Watt Compact Fluorescent lamp, 3 ¾ Watt Lunar Blue, Moon Glow LED lights and dual fans integrated into the hood.

And the dimensions are L 20.8 x W 19 x H 20.1.. So.. 36W PC lighting over 20" of height.. Don't really know. :/

 

[melosu58]

I`m thinking you`ll be OK but barely. Not the greatest of lighing amount but I believe it might make it. JMO

 

[Bige]

Mine lfs has one. It is like 2 years old (in a biocube 29). Let me know how it goes. I would like one for my biocube.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

I think you'll be OK, assuming we're talking about a Trachyphyllia. The red variations seem to be less light demanding, so you might go for that color.

 

[thincat]

here is a good article: Trachyphlliidae

 

[pat8you]

Those tanks are pretty shallow so even though you don't have a ton of light you will probably be ok.

 

[mandarinlove]

So far so good. I have had a neon green colored one on the bottom for a month now and it looks healthy.

 

[Bige]

Cool. How about some pics.

 

[Aquarium1]

yeah some pics would be nice.

 

[Jaybird]

Hopefully you get a nicely lobed one that's taller than flatter. Mine opens up to about nearly an eight-inch diameter during the day. So, they can take up a lot of the realestate on the bottom....but they are really cool to watch eat shrimp or other food.