Help with Chalice lighting setup

bkss709 · May 27, 2009

I have a 55 Breeder that has right now 4 - 39 watt t-5 on it now. I have 1 ATI blue + , 1 22k Aqua science , 1 FIJI purple , 1 Ati Blue special and could turn on the other two bulbs that i have on it but don't no how much light is two much light i just want to give them the best lighting they can get. This will have only Chalice corals and Acans in there so help would be great. And do all Chalice coral need Low Light i have right now ( BGM , Miami Hurricane , Blood Chalice , Pink Lemonade , and 7 more Aussie no name.

Thanks
Brian

reefboy · May 27, 2009

I have found that alot of acans dont like alot of light and chalices can do with less so I'd go with what you have if its keeping color on BGM and MH then id say leave it alone.How deep is this system?

bkss709 · May 27, 2009

reefboy said:
I have found that alot of acans dont like alot of light and chalices can do with less so I'd go with what you have if its keeping color on BGM and MH then id say leave it alone.How deep is this system?

The tank is 18" deep and i think they could have a lot better color then they have now the BGM has no green at all it is Silver Blue in color but the Eye's of the Chalice are deep Bubble gum pink.

pwoller · May 27, 2009

You could use some differant bulbs for the last 2. To add more color to the corals, not intensity.

bkss709 · May 28, 2009

pwoller said:
You could use some differant bulbs for the last 2. To add more color to the corals, not intensity.

I was going to do that but wanted to no how much light they can take before they loss there color from to much light. I have no live rock in that tank so all the Chalice get full light on all of them.

FaviaFreak · May 28, 2009

I have a 24g JBJ with 1x 250w DE AB 20K over my tank with chalice's all on the bottom, most chalice's with the exception of a few of the Mummy Eyes and a few others actually adjust well to higher light and color up nicely, most of your watermelons do really good with a lot of light

bkss709 · May 28, 2009

Thank you that helps out a lot. Last night i took a few chalice frags of the same kind that i have doubles of and through them in the Sps setup to see what the difference it will make on them there and see if the colors stay the same or change. The Sps setup is only 10 inches deep buy 24" wide and 48' long and it has 6-54 watt T-5 on Icecap 660 i use KZ bulbs on this setup i use the New Gen 14k and Fiji Purples and 10k corallight from them so they have much more light then the other setup so we will see.

FaviaFreak said:
I have a 24g JBJ with 1x 250w DE AB 20K over my tank with chalice's all on the bottom, most chalice's with the exception of a few of the Mummy Eyes and a few others actually adjust well to higher light and color up nicely, most of your watermelons do really good with a lot of light

twinspots_goby · Jun 1, 2009

With Icecap 660, you have nearly 500w of equivelent wattage on your tank.

Chad · Jun 2, 2009

So if I was setting up a 12" deep tank for Chalice corals with a single 150 watt 20k hqi pendant lighting the whole 30" x 30" footprint do you think that is still too much light?
Chad