10g nano lighting/fish Advice

[Jax352]

Nano Build - 10g Nano Tank

Got a couple questions about this 10g aquarium I just set up. I have experience without larger 50g + aquariums. The light I’m running on it is a current orbit marine pro led 24”. I know the light is to powerful for the tank so I turned it down to 30% white and 60% blue. I have no experience with...

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[xxkenny90xx]

So are you looking to replace the light or just change the percentages? Also for a smaller tank like that gobies are definitely the way to go!

 

[Jax352]

Not sure if the percentages are ideal. Don’t want the light to be to bright, but also want to be able to support corals. I have a single clownfish in there while it’s cycling. It’s been about 4 day I’ve been keeping the light off to avoid the ugly stage of algae and what not until the cycle is done. But I’ve noticed with the light on the clown stays hidden and doesn’t come out. With the lights off he is very active. Not sure if the brightness has something to do with that.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Ime those light appear very bright to our eyes but the actual par really isn't that strong. I'd think your clown is reacting weird to light because your playing with the lighting schedule and intensity. For the clowns sake I would probably stick to a regular lighting schedule. But since there are no corals yet and you don't want algae turn the light waaaay down