drumbum540

I am now trying to set up a saltwater aquarium and I really like the looks of polyps and all sorts of corals. is there any kind of coral or polyp that does not require extreme lighting or metal halide. what I am looking at would be a satellite 65 watt T5. I have one of those already and I love it! but is 3.5 watts per gallon enough for any corals? (it is a 20 gallon tank) Thank you for your help!
-drumbum540

Mike

For lower light tanks, look into mushroom corals. I know they don't sound very cool, but let me tell you, I'm loving my mushrooms! They are quite colorful and often times will flouresce when the blue moon lights come on. Way cool.

One in my nanocube:

drumbum540

how big do the mushroom corals get? and about how much would it cost for a few? and what do they eat?

Mike

They are primarily photosynthetic and I don't directly feed mine. Size wise depends on the species. I got the 7 pack from LA: http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...fm?pCatId=2315

That 7 pack came with 2 corallimorphs which really need to be under higher lighting levels than the shrooms. I have the corallimorphs about 6 - 8 inches higher in the tank than the mushrooms which are place around the bottom of the live rock.