While a aqueon tank hood grow corals?

Fish_Tank_J · Feb 19, 2018

I have a 10 gallon tank and was wondering if this light would grow corals?

Crabs McJones · Feb 19, 2018

These lights aren't really meant to have a lot of power output. They're meant just to illuminate the tank so you can see your fish. I don't know that it would be able to sustain any corals as i'd imagine the par output is minimal. Possibly very low light soft corals only. Plus with standard bulbs they put out more green and red spectrum which could promote algae growth. @Dana Riddle #reefsquad what are your thoughts?

Jeepguy242 · Feb 19, 2018

I would say no

jsker · Feb 19, 2018

crabs_mcjones said:
These lights aren't really meant to have a lot of power output. They're meant just to illuminate the tank so you can see your fish. I don't know that it would be able to sustain any corals as i'd imagine the par output is minimal. Possibly very low light soft corals only. Plus with standard bulbs they put out more green and red spectrum which could promote algae growth. @Dana Riddle #reefsquad what are your thoughts?

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I had a light that was good for fish only and some low light corals. When I install my current light corals really took off plus dosing to keep the parameter consistent.

ReefQueen · Feb 19, 2018

If you don't want to upgrade lighting, you can always keep NPS corals

Maritimer · Feb 19, 2018

They still make incandescent aquarium lights?!

I doubt that would grow any corals at all, though as ReefQueen mentioned, NPS (Non-PhotoSynthetic) corals wouldn't care much about it. The light itself would tend to run very yellow-orangey in color, and will also produce a fair amount of heat for the amount of light you'll get.

~Bruce

Dana Riddle · Feb 19, 2018

In theory, any lamp can grow corals but, in this case, I think peripheral issues would be almost insurmountable (mostly heat generation, followed by spectrum, then output.) I tried to grow Penicillus (Merman's Shaving Brush) under an incandescent lamp when I was a kid, about 11 years old, with zero success.