Coral Lighting Question

[Kaush]

I have an 80 litre tank with 2 percula clowns, one yellow tail damsel a yellow watchman goby a super tongan nassirus and a pyramid snail(also some feeder river shrimp which have not been eaten). I recently added a green leather coral which was fine for a few days, shed for a week and is now opening up again with some help from me, althouhg is it not fully open yet. I have an Arcadia 15W White Light with a Reflector and the box says it is about 9,500K. What types of coral do you think I could keep, and could I keep a bubble anemone if I put it right at the top of the tank?

 

[ben1987]

nope no anenome's. They are not really suitable for nanos for multiple reasons -

less water volume, less stability

need a very mature tank with perfect water conditions

usually need ot be kepy under metal halides - these get hot and small water volumes heat up quickly. They are expensive to buy and run. 150w units are available for nanos but people usually need chillers too or big fans

some anenome's get very big like more than 2' across

if the die then they can take the rest of the tank with them

they live for hundreds of years in the wild ( some say they dont ever die) they show no natural signs of aging so taking one out of the wild and risking its life in such a tank is a no go imo

you need a closed loop system as they get chewed up by powerheads

usually only the most experienced reefers are able to keep them happy.

 

[BigC]

You've only got 15w over that tank, so in reality there's not much you can keep with that lighting coral wise, certainly not a nem.
I would invest in some more lighting either Power Compacts (full spectrum Daylight tubes) or full MHs.