Jamie I assume that when you say cf (compact flourescents) you are referring to PCs (Power compact flourescents), not the 10K daylight cf bulbs you can pick up at say home depot?Originally Posted by MizTanks
I personally would love to see those who are *successfully* keeping any zoas under 10k cf. However they no longer look like this. I raised them higher, they began to fade. Brought them back down for several weeks, still faded. Now they're back up and I hope they'll adjust
Zoas can be kept under power compacts, I've done so in the past, although I am not currently. Here's a picture of my tank back in 2004. The zoas are hard to see, but are spread across the entire upper part of the tank (look like little dots);
sorry for the quality of the picture, but its the best I have from back then.
In this one (same tank) you can see some brown button polps that were able to thrive a little further down in the tank
In my experience with PCs and zoas, for the most part zoas need to be kept high under in order to thrive. Lower will maintain them, but not usually allow them to thrive. From what you've said and what I've seen in your thread, it sounds like you may have rushed the light acclimation process a bit. You used the screen process did you? A week for each layer? I've seen RDE kept under extremely bright lights, so with proper acclimation, PC shouldn't be too much for them. I'd give them a bit more time to recover, and then move them up slowly (an 1" or 2" at a time with 3 to 5 days in each new location).
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