What can I keep under this?

[Iplantz]

I have a 24" 4x24w T-5 light with a polished aluminum reflector.

I would have this fixture about 6" off the surface of the water (or less).

My question is this would be my frag tank and I was wondering what I could keep under this.

So far i was thinking:

Frogspawn
Hammer
GSP
Various zoas and palys
Mushrooms
Ricordeas
Various leathers
Toadstools
Trumpets
Torch

MAYBE:

Montis
Acans
Blaso
Fungias

Please tell me which will and won't work and if theres anything else I can grow under these conditions (besides xenia and kenyas :p)

Thanks! And I will be dosing calcium and alk and keeping them in range for the LPS and maybe the SPS, as this tank will be inline.

[copperband]

how big is the tank and what are the dimensions

[Iplantz]

Well the frag tank itself is 30"x12"x12" and 20g (I think).

I do realize that the light is shorter than the tank, but I was going to divide off 6" of the tank for the intake and outflow. I would also be careful of sweeper tentacles on some of the corals.

[DrMark]

that shallow a tank with those T-5s, I think you will be fine with all the above.

[Iplantz]

Ok sweet, but how about the maybe list? I think as a good rule though I'm just going to go with fragging sps out of the Dt which has 250w metal halide.

[copperband]

i agree with dr Mark just keep an eye on your water things can turn for the worst in small tanks.

[Iplantz]

Im not worried about the parameters because this tank will be inline like a sump with my 30g, so it will be more stable.

[glennr1978]

that shallow a tank with those T-5s, I think you will be fine with all the above.

and then some.

[ErikH]

you can grow anything I am almost certain. That tank is very shallow and even with a uni-reflector you should be fine. I have 6x24w T5 on my 58 and its 18" deep... No corals other than softies at this moment though.

[Iplantz]

So even sps? I would'nt grow the higher price sps in there, just various montis and stuff. Anyway thanks for all the feedback, this should be setup (if I can earn enough) around October when I get a job.

[ErikH]

You should be fine with SPS in the upper half of the tank. Not sure where Georgetown is, but I can frag you some small things to try out and see if they grow well.

[Iplantz]

Well when my main starts I'll let you guys know (because I love the idea of frags, especially on my budget). I also kinda wanted to ask you guys about some of the frag stuff.

I was just wondering if in general people prefered to recieve frags on plugs. I was thinking of going with the home depot ceramic tile idea for everything except for sps, which I would grow on plugs.

Heres a link to a guys custom frag tank on the saltwaterfish.com fourms, and I personally think its one of the better DIY frag tanks. I liked his shelving system and his DIY wet/dry.

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=326505