icemanmg2
02-10-2003, 9:33 PM
Hello, I have been keeping sw for about two years now and would like to start a new tank woth some mushrooms, tube worms, and some christmas tree worms. I would like to try a simple 10 gallon set up. With with a strip light with a 50/50 coral life bulb. Would this be enough lighting for the mushrooms? Any good refrences you would recomend to furhter inform my self on keeping a relitvily small and simple reef tank?
Thanls for your responses!!
Skyler
OrionGirl
02-11-2003, 8:24 AM
That should be enough light for shrooms, and the tube worms of course don't care, but I'd avoid the christmas tree worms. They actually live within a living motipora coral, and will die when it dies. The worms are easy, but keeping that coral alive is very difficult--it needs high light levels, as well as a stable tank.
Do a search on nano reefs. There are several threads here with good ifno and good links. The biggest issue with small tanks is always stability--keeping everything in balance is harder with the smaller water volume.
GL!