lighting on a very shallow nano

cwilson · 03/19/2008, 10:51 AM

hello,

i am going to be setting up a 6.6 gallon nano, measuring 23.75" long, 7.25" wide, by 9" tall. i will be keeping zoanthids, some mushrooms, and other similar polyps.

my question: what light?

i was thinking a 24" 65W PC, but would that blind all o fthe fish/inverts, and roast the corals? ive also seen 20" 40W PC lights, but i would be worried about the 2" on either side going dark, because its such a short tank.

i was also looking at T5 lights. ive seen 24" T5's with 2X24W bulbs. would this work better?

any info advice or feedback is always welcome. thanks!

tonyjb29 · 03/19/2008, 10:13 PM

hey , t5s are not a bad idea, to give u and to give u an idea of were u think u might be in terms of wattage,i have a 5.5 nano and have a 70W halide on it ,and love it and corals are doing very well.so dont worry about over kill.

OnlyCrimson · 03/19/2008, 11:13 PM

How high can the bulbs go? if you went with t5ho it might even be too much with good reflectors. Hell you probably dont even need reflectors.

03/19/2008, 10:51 AM	#1
cwilson Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 523	lighting on a very shallow nano hello, i am going to be setting up a 6.6 gallon nano, measuring 23.75" long, 7.25" wide, by 9" tall. i will be keeping zoanthids, some mushrooms, and other similar polyps. my question: what light? i was thinking a 24" 65W PC, but would that blind all o fthe fish/inverts, and roast the corals? ive also seen 20" 40W PC lights, but i would be worried about the 2" on either side going dark, because its such a short tank. i was also looking at T5 lights. ive seen 24" T5's with 2X24W bulbs. would this work better? any info advice or feedback is always welcome. thanks!

03/19/2008, 10:13 PM	#2
tonyjb29 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: new york Posts: 77	hey , t5s are not a bad idea, to give u and to give u an idea of were u think u might be in terms of wattage,i have a 5.5 nano and have a 70W halide on it ,and love it and corals are doing very well.so dont worry about over kill.

03/19/2008, 11:13 PM	#3
OnlyCrimson Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Royal Oak,Michigan Posts: 863	How high can the bulbs go? if you went with t5ho it might even be too much with good reflectors. Hell you probably dont even need reflectors.