Power Compact Lighting

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I have a 130 watt power compact, one tube is 10000k the other is actinic. Its a 30 gallon tank. What corals would you guys recommend for this particular setup?
 
You won't have any problems keeping any soft corals, and probably some hard corals but I don't know specific ones that would work. Someone that knows more about LPS and SPS will chime in i'm sure, but you'll have no problems with softies. Clams however i think are out still. They need more light than that.

Guy
 
I have the same light on a 20, and am getting excellent growth from many species of softies (at all levels in the tank) and "easy" SPS corals like Montipora. I have no room for LPS, so I've never tried them, but I would think they would be fine in your tank. You might have to put them higher in the rockwork if they fail to thrive. Clams that don't need as much light, like hippopus or squamosa, will probably also be OK, but they are species that will get big.
 
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