Power Compacts and LPS

[Tristan]

I have two 10 watt 50/50 power compact over my 10g nano and I was wondering if the power compacts are enough to have acans, euphyllia(torches, hammers, frogspawn), candy cane, etc

 

[Joeganja]

they dont have the spectrum to give good coral growth. and they might even grow more algae than other lights

 

[rossco]

PC lights are capable of keeping and growing euphyllia and caulastrea. Years ago I kept both corals just fine in a 12 gallon Current Aqua pod, but it had 2x27 watt pc's, and also in a 29 gallon with 4x 65 watt pc's. I didn't keep acans at the time, so no help with them. That said, I'm not sure if 20 watts total would be enough.

 

[AdamNC]

Bout 8 years ago I used 2 x 65-watt 10k and 420/460nm bulbs on a 29 gallon standard and it grew LPS very nicely and had very little algae. You just have to replace the bulbs every 9-10 months. I used to give the old bulbs away to people with fish only tanks. I think you may need more then the 2 10-watt bulbs even for a 10 gallon tank to successfully keep LPS.