civitan.erichanson December 15, 2008 Share December 15, 2008 I am buying a nano cube for my son for Christmas and need to get it ordered. JBJ has great prices right now but the 12G has only 1 24W light. Is that enough for rics/zoa/paly clams? Tank dimensions are 11.8x13.39x11.81 Difference between the 6G and 12G is 6G is 3W per gallon and $12 cheaper. Sorry to re-ask, but I need to order!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capsfan December 15, 2008 Share December 15, 2008 I am buying a nano cube for my son for Christmas and need to get it ordered. JBJ has great prices right now but the 12G has only 1 24W light. Is that enough for rics/zoa/paly clams? Tank dimensions are 11.8x13.39x11.81 Difference between the 6G and 12G is 6G is 3W per gallon and $12 cheaper. Sorry to re-ask, but I need to order!! No clams. Why don't you go with the nano cube deluxe? It has 2 24w bulbs for two times the amount of light. More light is always better. You still couldn't do clams, but I definitely opens up more options as far a corals go. I have 36w of light over my 2.5 gallon and it looks awesome! I am really glad I went w/ the 36w fixture instead of the 18w. Just my .02 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civitan.erichanson December 15, 2008 Author Share December 15, 2008 Th eDeluxe is $149 which is almost $60 more for the additional light. Is more water more important than more light? Yeah I knew clams was a reach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capsfan December 15, 2008 Share December 15, 2008 Again, no clams. If it were me, I would go with the 12 gallon. If your son wanted zoas/palys/rics/mushies he would probably be fine. If he wanted more light down the road, he could modify the hood w/ a retrofit fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civitan.erichanson December 15, 2008 Author Share December 15, 2008 Thanks. No clams. Again, no clams. If it were me, I would go with the 12 gallon. If your son wanted zoas/palys/rics/mushies he would probably be fine. If he wanted more light down the road, he could modify the hood w/ a retrofit fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen December 15, 2008 Share December 15, 2008 You might check nano-reef.com. I see these for sale on there a bunch. Usually they have the upgraded lighting also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capsfan December 15, 2008 Share December 15, 2008 good idea^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach December 16, 2008 Share December 16, 2008 I had a clam in my nano 24 jbj delux for 7 months the trick is to get them and all the corals flush with the lighting I eventaully upgraded because I got tired of seeing all my corals on a ledge.... a word of caution my jbj made 5 years ago didn't have the proper screws.... they rusted really badly... I still have the orginal fixture... and it works, but the screws defenlty were not the right ones to use. "I fed my clam dts weekly" and it seemed happy.... I eventually upgraded it grew 4 times the size and then something got it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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