Coral QT

[AdriaanReefer]

Hi, I want to set up a small quarantine tank for my corals that are coming in, but I only have a freshwater light with white and blue. Can the corals survive under the light for the quarantine process or is it not possible? Thanks in advance.

 

[rwreef]

It will depend on the coral light requirements. Softies and some lps may be ok

 

[AdriaanReefer]

It will be a hammer coral and frogspawns, I read that they are medium to low light corals ,is this true?

 

[rwreef]

I would say it may be possible. It really depends on the light output and how long you plan to QT. Probably going to have to try it to know for sure. I think it should be fine... it will need to acclimate to your DT light once you move it over.

 

[PSU4ME]

If you’re going to QT corals, and assuming you’ll get more, you might wanna get a cheap led light. Might serve you better but to answer your question, the one you have will likely keep them alive but the coral is likely to brown out.

 

[AdriaanReefer]

What will they look like if they brown out?

 

[Williamson’s Reef]

I would pick up a black box for your QT. For around $100 you can keep anything alive and even thriving. I started out with that and just upgraded to the same light as my main system. Losing coral in QT gets expensive.

 

[Everything Aquatics]

A kessil a80 would work

 

[AdriaanReefer]

I am from South-Africa so coming by these lights are hard does anybody know if the Zetlight Aqua ZA1201 Marine LED will work?