fowlr with low light

[Cleetus Awreetus]

I have a Oceanic 30 gallon hex that I'm thinking about converting to a
fowlr. The only lighting I have for it though is a 14 watt fluorescent.
Real estate on the top of that tank for lighting is a premium. I'm
wondering about the requirement of light for the live rock to have its
effect on filtration. Provided I'm skimming and provide enough current in
the tank, even with low light will the live rock provide the same level of
natural filtration that it would with more light? Or does the light enhance
some of the stuff on the rock that's helping with filtration? I realize the
rock wouldn't be pretty with low light, but would it be functional? Any
insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

Steve

[Kevin M]

"Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
...
| I realize the
| rock wouldn't be pretty with low light, but would it be functional? Any
| insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
| Steve


Liverock would be functional as your biofilter even in complete darkness.

Kev

[Dsybok]

You dont need the light to make it a viable system, but swapping in a 96
watt PC smartlight would bring out a lot more color in your fish , cost a
reasonable amount of money, and should fit into the same space, roughly,
that a flourescent tube would. If not, maybe twin 32 watts would work.

Id want more light for asthetic purposes than 14 watts. The tanks going to
look terrible with that low light level and your fish's vibrant colors, one
of the reasons you get into sal****er to begin with, are going to suffer.

D
"Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Oceanic 30 gallon hex that I'm thinking about converting to a
> fowlr. The only lighting I have for it though is a 14 watt fluorescent.
> Real estate on the top of that tank for lighting is a premium. I'm
> wondering about the requirement of light for the live rock to have its
> effect on filtration. Provided I'm skimming and provide enough current in
> the tank, even with low light will the live rock provide the same level of
> natural filtration that it would with more light? Or does the light
enhance
> some of the stuff on the rock that's helping with filtration? I realize
the
> rock wouldn't be pretty with low light, but would it be functional? Any
> insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Steve
>
>

[Cleetus Awreetus]

Who makes a 96 watt PC that would fit on top of a 30 gallon hex? Not much
more than 15-16" across and 4-5" front-to-back to work with for lighting.
The only thing I thought would work would be a pendant MH.

Steve

"Dsybok" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> You dont need the light to make it a viable system, but swapping in a 96
> watt PC smartlight would bring out a lot more color in your fish , cost a
> reasonable amount of money, and should fit into the same space, roughly,
> that a flourescent tube would. If not, maybe twin 32 watts would work.
>
> Id want more light for asthetic purposes than 14 watts. The tanks going to
> look terrible with that low light level and your fish's vibrant colors,
one
> of the reasons you get into sal****er to begin with, are going to suffer.
>
> D
> "Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have a Oceanic 30 gallon hex that I'm thinking about converting to a
> > fowlr. The only lighting I have for it though is a 14 watt fluorescent.
> > Real estate on the top of that tank for lighting is a premium. I'm
> > wondering about the requirement of light for the live rock to have its
> > effect on filtration. Provided I'm skimming and provide enough current
in
> > the tank, even with low light will the live rock provide the same level
of
> > natural filtration that it would with more light? Or does the light
> enhance
> > some of the stuff on the rock that's helping with filtration? I realize
> the
> > rock wouldn't be pretty with low light, but would it be functional? Any
> > insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>

[Cleetus Awreetus]

I found a Hamilton hood that has 2x28 PC at www.hamiltontechnology.com that
measures L16"xW6.5"xH4". That's about as big of a lighting system I can
fit, as far as space goes. So, that would give me 56W total. Anybody know
of anything else that can give me more wattage in the same footprint?

Steve

"Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
...
> Who makes a 96 watt PC that would fit on top of a 30 gallon hex? Not much
> more than 15-16" across and 4-5" front-to-back to work with for lighting.
> The only thing I thought would work would be a pendant MH.
>
> Steve
>
> "Dsybok" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
> > You dont need the light to make it a viable system, but swapping in a 96
> > watt PC smartlight would bring out a lot more color in your fish , cost
a
> > reasonable amount of money, and should fit into the same space, roughly,
> > that a flourescent tube would. If not, maybe twin 32 watts would work.
> >
> > Id want more light for asthetic purposes than 14 watts. The tanks going
to
> > look terrible with that low light level and your fish's vibrant colors,
> one
> > of the reasons you get into sal****er to begin with, are going to
suffer.
> >
> > D
> > "Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have a Oceanic 30 gallon hex that I'm thinking about converting to a
> > > fowlr. The only lighting I have for it though is a 14 watt
fluorescent.
> > > Real estate on the top of that tank for lighting is a premium. I'm
> > > wondering about the requirement of light for the live rock to have its
> > > effect on filtration. Provided I'm skimming and provide enough
current
> in
> > > the tank, even with low light will the live rock provide the same
level
> of
> > > natural filtration that it would with more light? Or does the light
> > enhance
> > > some of the stuff on the rock that's helping with filtration? I
realize
> > the
> > > rock wouldn't be pretty with low light, but would it be functional?
Any
> > > insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Dsybok]

I was thinking of the quad 96 watt smartlight CSL used to make, and I think
Coralife makes bulbs for. I am not sure if this is still avaliable. A rough
check of my tank methinks it to be about 16" long and 6" wide.

Just a suggestion.

D

"Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
...
> I found a Hamilton hood that has 2x28 PC at www.hamiltontechnology.com
that
> measures L16"xW6.5"xH4". That's about as big of a lighting system I can
> fit, as far as space goes. So, that would give me 56W total. Anybody
know
> of anything else that can give me more wattage in the same footprint?
>
> Steve
>
> "Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Who makes a 96 watt PC that would fit on top of a 30 gallon hex? Not
much
> > more than 15-16" across and 4-5" front-to-back to work with for
lighting.
> > The only thing I thought would work would be a pendant MH.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > "Dsybok" > wrote in message
> > nk.net...
> > > You dont need the light to make it a viable system, but swapping in a
96
> > > watt PC smartlight would bring out a lot more color in your fish ,
cost
> a
> > > reasonable amount of money, and should fit into the same space,
roughly,
> > > that a flourescent tube would. If not, maybe twin 32 watts would work.
> > >
> > > Id want more light for asthetic purposes than 14 watts. The tanks
going
> to
> > > look terrible with that low light level and your fish's vibrant
colors,
> > one
> > > of the reasons you get into sal****er to begin with, are going to
> suffer.
> > >
> > > D
> > > "Cleetus Awreetus" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I have a Oceanic 30 gallon hex that I'm thinking about converting to
a
> > > > fowlr. The only lighting I have for it though is a 14 watt
> fluorescent.
> > > > Real estate on the top of that tank for lighting is a premium. I'm
> > > > wondering about the requirement of light for the live rock to have
its
> > > > effect on filtration. Provided I'm skimming and provide enough
> current
> > in
> > > > the tank, even with low light will the live rock provide the same
> level
> > of
> > > > natural filtration that it would with more light? Or does the light
> > > enhance
> > > > some of the stuff on the rock that's helping with filtration? I
> realize
> > > the
> > > > rock wouldn't be pretty with low light, but would it be functional?
> Any
> > > > insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>