Chalice lighting

[ReeferBill]

So I put up a basic nano tank in my office at work. 14 gallon biocube, and It has stock CF lighting(its one 24watt day and one 24 watt actinic bulb.) Anyway, put most of my LPS and softie corals in there and they look great. Just have 2 fish, but have a favia, chalice, and some zoas. My question is this. Will some of those nicer chalices(like atom bomb or rainbow chalices) keep their color and grow nicely in that kind of lighting? Or will that not give off the right wavelength for them? I know T-5 is the best for chalices, but has anyone had success with the CF and the nicer chalices?
Thanks,
Bill

 

[jservedio]

Most really, really nice chalices do awesome under almost no light and low flow - which is also why they grow so **** slow... Of course different chalices have different requirements. Unique Coral put out a post yesterday about their lighting and said they are successfully keeping higher end chalices (and their color) with as low as SEVEN PAR. My 2g work tank has nicer colors on some of my chalice duplicates than my home SPS tank does with a Radion Pro over it (My work tank has a Ecoxotic EcoPico light). Most really nice chalices you buy are coming from tanks with little light (or heavily shaded). The type of light matters much less than the color temperature. If you have a 50/50 10k Daylight/Actinic PC light, that would be perfectly fine for keeping chalices.

 

[ReeferBill]

Cool, thanks for the response. That really helps. Might give it a shot with some midlevel chalices and see how they do. If they fair well over a 4-6 month period, I will upgrade to some of those insane rainbow chalices.