candycane care

jadeguppy · #1 10/27/2007, 08:51 PM

I'm wondering what lighting you suggest. I just placed a 250w mh on a 40 g long and am trying to find the best place to put them. Right now they are about 1/2 way up the water column and placed behind the socket portion of the fixture.

cstewart79 · #2 10/27/2007, 08:56 PM

I would put them at the bottom I find they do not require large amounts of light.

cstewart79 · #3 10/27/2007, 08:56 PM

I would put them at the bottom I find they do not require large amounts of light.

loosecannon · #4 10/27/2007, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by cstewart79
I would put them at the bottom I find they do not require large amounts of light.

And to one side. they like to be feed to.

jadeguppy · #5 10/27/2007, 09:29 PM

Okay, I'll move them to a lower light area. Feeding has been workign well for me. I recently started feeding my small frag that is in a pc lit nano and they appear to be growing a little faster.

Thanks for the advise guys! I hope to get these big enough in the next couple of months to give some frags to club members.

krzyphsygy · #6 10/27/2007, 09:31 PM

Low to Med lighting, towards the bottom. A very hardy coral, I have never fed mine though.I have had a large cluster in a tank for about 3 years and never fed. They grow kinda slow, but you should get a couple extra heads out of it.