coral lighting

[clowntown]

Hey i was wondering if anybody could help me, i am looking at buying a 216 watt t5 lighting fixture and before i buy it i was wondering what type of corals i would be able support with that any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Phurst]

What tank is it going over? How many bulbs in the fixture? Do the bulbs have individual reflectors, or one big reflector? Any idea what bulbs you'll be using? All of these will have an impact on your answer.

[clowntown]

It will be going over a 50 gallon, from the waterline to sand bed it is about 15'' total height is about 18 3/4''. As to the bulbs it comes 4x 54 watt bulbs 2x 12000k and 2x actinic blue lamps. And for the reflectors i am not 100% sure but it looks just like one solid reflector.

[Phurst]

You should be ok to keep any soft coral, zoanthids and most LPS. If the fixture had individual reflectors, I'd be more comfortable reccomending things like SPS. I'd definitely steer clear of clams and anemones. With only one refector, you are loosing a lot of intensity from the bulbs, and the actinic bulbs are more for your viewing pleasure than helping the corals survive. With that setup over this size tank, you'll be in the 'moderate' light range.

[lReef lKeeper]

you can also buy individual reflectors for the setup, probably. them SPS, clams, and nems would be possible.

[Amphibious]

What brand fixture are you buying? Have you bought it yet?