Advice on lighting a 135 gallon tank

Sophie-G · 02/18/2008, 08:13 AM

We have just upgraded to a 135 gallon tank from a 29 gallon oceanic cube. Of course because of our budget, the tank and set up is from another person.

My concern is we want to beable to put our corals int the new tank..but...... we have ..in the canapy a industrial lighting reflector that is rusty, this holds 2 metal halide bulbs, 400 watts plus the balasts(which are in the cabinet), and two florecent bulbs, one white, one blue. Both MH bulbs need to be replaced and we dont want to use the reflector because it is rusty.

We would like to purchase a HQI/T5 48", 2 x 250w but it costs 1200., alittle out of our range at the moment.

We were thinking of buying 3 reflecters from a hydrophonic store and pacing them in the cabinet.

I don't want to place any of my corals in this tank until we have correct lighting, maybe just our fish after it cycles.

Any advice would be appreciated.. Thanks

02/18/2008, 08:13 AM	#1
Sophie-G Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London, ON, Canada Posts: 115	Advice on lighting a 135 gallon tank We have just upgraded to a 135 gallon tank from a 29 gallon oceanic cube. Of course because of our budget, the tank and set up is from another person. My concern is we want to beable to put our corals int the new tank..but...... we have ..in the canapy a industrial lighting reflector that is rusty, this holds 2 metal halide bulbs, 400 watts plus the balasts(which are in the cabinet), and two florecent bulbs, one white, one blue. Both MH bulbs need to be replaced and we dont want to use the reflector because it is rusty. We would like to purchase a HQI/T5 48", 2 x 250w but it costs 1200., alittle out of our range at the moment. We were thinking of buying 3 reflecters from a hydrophonic store and pacing them in the cabinet. I don't want to place any of my corals in this tank until we have correct lighting, maybe just our fish after it cycles. Any advice would be appreciated.. Thanks