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Bio Cube lighting

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jstngates, Oct 17, 2012.

  1. jstngates Experienced Reefkeeper

    Toledo Iowa
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    Ok I know there is a retro led kit for my 29 bio. The guy I bought it from had oddysea bulbs in it and I think they are junk. I have my black ice clowns in there and only corals are gonna be mushrooms and zoas. Would leds be an over kill. I have a 90 with ais so all my good corals are in there. Are the coralifes pc good? Do I get a 10k and an acintic or is there another combo to do?
     
  2. dead fish Dead Fish

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    The stock BC lighting is a 10K and an actinic. For zoas and 'shrooms, PCs would be fine.
     
  3. Pete H.

    Pete H. Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Yeah, I have powercompacts over my 55 gallon and I can grow softies and lps. I can even grow a few easy sps that are high in the tank. If you are doing mushrooms and zoas, pcs would be fine.
     
  4. hart

    hart Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    I have the stock PC lighting in my biocube 14 and am growing LPS like weeds. I even bleached a new brain coral and chalice coral, they were lower in the tank and I didnt think it would be a problem, they have since recovered. The one bleached brain coral (It only bleached on the area directly facing the lights) is growing so fast I worry about having to find a new home for it in a few months along with another type of brain that is growing a bit too fast for comfort. I even have a sps Pavona in there and while not growing tons, it seems to be doing quite well with good color and extension for over 6 months now.
     
  5. jstngates Experienced Reefkeeper

    Toledo Iowa
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    Do I want to get 2-50/50 or 1 10k and 1 acintic?
     
  6. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    one 10k and one actinic. That way u can have just blue or just white. When i ordered the 50/5
    0s i thought they were a 10k and and an actinic. Not combined.
     
  7. jstngates Experienced Reefkeeper

    Toledo Iowa
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    yep thats what i did
     

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