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L8 2 RISE;115110 said:no one really knows for sure, but from what I have read here on tonmo, cephs dont like bright light that much, so just to play it safe, if you are going to get corals, get ones that dont need any special lighting.
Yep, that is the party line, but you cant really generalize all cephs, even more so than you can't generalize cuttles. It depends on species and where they come from. Any diurnal, warm water ceph should be able to take any light that is on wild reefs and our bulbs don't really come close to matching that.
In other words, its best to figure out the ceph you want, and build a tank, including lighting, for that animal. This really goes for any marine ornamental. This problem is people want to put everything in one tank, so they kindo look the other way at the whole issue.