tank location too much light?

[radreef02]

I want to place my tank inbetween these windows and between my desk. It gets some light but not always direct . I want to put like a water box 60 here
Issue ?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

What direction does that window face?

 

[Unitylover]

north south east or west, in north or south, its fine

 

[radreef02]

South is what it faces but kinda of at an angle. The sun never shines directly in. Just a little on the wall .

 

[Unitylover]

ah, should be fine

 

[Unitylover]

my bedroom has a tank that goes in direct sunlight with the curtains open. Its not flooded with algae

 

[radreef02]

Okay that is what I was wondering. Thank you so much.
I would like to probably put a Redsea reefer 170 there. I have to just move the desks over.

 

[Arego]

Same I let as much sunlight in as possible and there is zero nuisance algae. If anything it made algae go away by cranking my whites and sunlight.

 

[Unitylover]

I was thinking more of a 5gal or 10gal cube, but that should be fine as well. It would benefit from a UV
sterilizer

 

[3429810]

As long as your nutrients are under control it should be fine. I’ve seen some pictures of partly naturally lit reefs on here and as long as nutrients were kept in check they didn’t deal with issues.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Will the back of the tank be painted— with just the sides clear?

 

[radreef02]

It will be a water box or Red Sea . The back of those are black

 

[Unitylover]

yes, youll be fine. if you have a background, basically no light will enter the tank

 

[radreef02]

Changed my mind , probably going with a water box 25cube , what kind of livestock could I do in that

 

[Unitylover]

clowns, grammas, dotty back, 6 line wrasse

 

[radreef02]

Will a peninsula 25 or water box 20 be too small and tricky to keep clean due to the window ??

 

[Unitylover]

nah, its shaped like a cube, shoud be easy to clean

 

[radreef02]

Talking algae wise , will that be an issue

 

[Unitylover]

prob not, its gonna have black in the back, and if it does you can get a UV steralizer