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are there any extremely low light macros?

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Candi

My 30g cube will be FOWLR, and just has the 20" standard fluorescent strip light that comes stock with the tanks, the most I'd do is add another pending what type of bulb I go with and how I like the spectrum on my puffer... that said I was wondering if there were any types of macro that might make it in this tank with such low light or am I doomed to a life of plastic/silk if I want some color besides my fish?

Thanks
 
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Brian

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FWIW

I have 2 NO Flourescent bulbs (Phillips Natural Sunshine) over my 55 fuge. I am growing; Cheato, Green Grape Caulpera, Red Grape Caulpera (not much of this), Some stuff I got from John and Phyl.. I have no idea what it is...some sort of caulpera I would guess and Halmedia.
 
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RevClyburn

Hey Candi

I think some mushrooms don't require a lot of light to thrive. I remember having shrooms under NO flourescents in my first reef tank. They did ok. I have some loose shrooms, you can have them. They are watermelon colored and some red mushrooms too. That should add some color to your tank.

RevClyburn
 
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Candi

Brian: are any of those the ones you're trimming back at the meeting? ;)

Rev: actually before my 50g went reef I just had 2 fluorescent bulbs over it and had some shrooms, xenia, gsp, and antheia all doing surprisingly well (came on some LR I got, I didn't intentially go get them to test).I actually have a couple shrooms I can pull out of it for the 30g if I decide to go that route (think I want to just keep macros if anything in this tank), but thank you for your offer :D
 
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IrradiatedReef

Deep Water Gorgorian, common variety is usually orange or red stem with the tiny white or orange polyps. They are non-photosynthetic and need low light to prevent algae build up on them. They do require spot feeding since they do not produce food on their own. They are a fan type and grow nicely and frag very easily.
 
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