Corals without direct light

[tanjoubi_suit]

Are there any types of corals that will survive without direct light? I have an overhang that shades a good area of open rock that I feel would look nice with something on it. Problem is, I have no idea what would work well here. My current system is 125 gallon tank with ~1000watts of light. 3 250w 10k metal halides and ~250w of actinic. There seems to be a modest amount of light in the shaded areas, so I was hoping that maybe some of the lower light corals would grow there. If corals are not an option, what else may I be able to place in the baren spots under the overhang?

[hobogato]

blastos tend to be lower light, but they still need some. you could also look into gorgonians, chili coral, carnation, and sun corals - all of them would work, but will need target feeding since they are not photosynthetic. you may even try sponges or tunicates.

[Cearley]

Ive had good luck with my brain coral in lower light. Its under an overhhang and 100 watts of t5 in my 29 barely hits it. Doing great for 6 months strong.

[camaroracer214]

a chili coral or dendro/sun coral would look good in the space.

[tanjoubi_suit]

Awesome. Thanks for the suggestions. I may try a brain coral there. It should be able to get a small amount of direct light and if I need to I will move it out into more light if it does not look like it is doing well. I don't know if I am up to spot feeding a sun coral.

[Captain Jack]

Awesome. Thanks for the suggestions. I may try a brain coral there. It should be able to get a small amount of direct light and if I need to I will move it out into more light if it does not look like it is doing well. I don't know if I am up to spot feeding a sun coral.

...especially a sun coral in a hard to reach place!