photosynthesis and Coral

OK guys...

Here it is...

1. The LED light would need to be tested on a tank before it could be ruled out. Simple as that. It may or may not provide the proper spectrums of light to EFFICIENTLY grow corals. It also may not provide the proper "LOOK" to the tank as far as color goes. Someone would have to buy it and try it to see.

2. Natural Sunlight is by far the MOST efficient way to light a coral but has limitations because...
a) the Sun has seasons that have different lengths of duration
b) The Sunlight causes heat transfer, so the tank would need a fan
c) Algae blooms are associated with Sun lit tanks because the water has TOO MANY nutrients in those situations

Sunlight has the proper spectrum, the perfect PAR, and offers the best growth rates with out any harm of UV burn or Loss of efficiency thru the glass when compared to the maximum output of a MH lamp. Almost all Aquaculture facilities use greenhouses or modified Pole barns with south facing skylights. The Wakiki aquarium is sunlit.

Corals eat zooplankton, phyto is for filter feeders like fan worms and clams.
Make sure you are using the proper foods for supplementation.

If you can get 8 hrs per day of Sunlight to your tank it will be fine, just watch the temp and do weekly water changes to lower nutrients.
 
Well to be completely honest with you this light would work. Solaris has a new light out right now that meets and exceeds reef standards with lighting and they are using LEDs as well. LEDs are actually going to be the new wave of technology for aquatic and home lighting. The Government here in the US has recently past a law that is pushing more LED use to help save on energy consumption. This law has the production of incandescent bulbs to be slowly done away with. This isn't going to happen tomorrow or even next year, its going to be a process like the slow disappearance of 8 tracks and Cassettes. So in other words i would buy the LED light. Here is a link to the new solaris if you want to compare and contrast the light you found on Ebay.
http://www.solarisled.com/
 
Coralaholic said:
zooxanthellae is plant lives inside coral, they definitely need correct lighting to do photosynthesis for producing food for the coral.
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My fault, I always thought zooxanthellae was like plants chlorophyl except in corals. Sorry.
 
USCavalry19d said:
Well to be completely honest with you this light would work. Solaris has a new light out right now that meets and exceeds reef standards with lighting and they are using LEDs as well. LEDs are actually going to be the new wave of technology for aquatic and home lighting. The Government here in the US has recently past a law that is pushing more LED use to help save on energy consumption. This law has the production of incandescent bulbs to be slowly done away with. This isn't going to happen tomorrow or even next year, its going to be a process like the slow disappearance of 8 tracks and Cassettes. So in other words i would buy the LED light. Here is a link to the new solaris if you want to compare and contrast the light you found on Ebay.
http://www.solarisled.com/
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yeah.. led is the new way to light a tank but it is still new and expensive... but the leds for tanks are a mix of white and other varius spectrums... the led on ebay is used to induce growth because of the red and blue spectrums.. like i said you can most likly use that system but you will need additional lights


but to much lighting somtimes causes corals and other zoo hosters to eject the zooxanthelli because of and overdoes on food production. and im not sure if they can get the zoo back but i heard they can die over time due to starvation if they are moved to a lower lit area
 
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