lighting????

itwasme · 11/30/2013, 02:08 PM

Hi I have some questions on lighting. I have done some resurch but seem to still be confused as to exactly what lights I need. I have extensive experience with fresh water fish and some experience with salt water fish only tanks. I set up a 60 gallon salt watertank I'm looking into getting some zoanthid and palythoa corals.I have a. marine glow 40w actinic light right now. Is this enough or do I need more lighting. Thank you for your time and advice.

bnumair · 11/30/2013, 03:33 PM

for softies you dont need a whole lot of light, just a straight actinic will not work you can get a 50/50 bulb for it.

robotman · 11/30/2013, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by itwasme

Hi I have some questions on lighting. I have done some resurch but seem to still be confused as to exactly what lights I need. I have extensive experience with fresh water fish and some experience with salt water fish only tanks. I set up a 60 gallon salt watertank I'm looking into getting some zoanthid and palythoa corals.I have a. marine glow 40w actinic light right now. Is this enough or do I need more lighting. Thank you for your time and advice.

careful with palythoas and the toxin, i got rid of my yellow ones after i read about that.

CoralReeForrest · 11/30/2013, 11:26 PM

The toxin is nothing to worry about if you wear gloves when messing with stuff. Now as for the OP question. Your going to want a light, whether T5, MH, or LED (they all have their pros and cons) that produces at the bare minimum 10k. 10 or 12k is good for Softies but its pushing it if your getting into sps or lps. Actinic is simply supplementary and while it does help corals that do use 460nm to a defree it will not help to make them grow. Read the stickies at the top for more info. Hope this helps!

11/30/2013, 02:08 PM	#1
itwasme Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 3	lighting???? Hi I have some questions on lighting. I have done some resurch but seem to still be confused as to exactly what lights I need. I have extensive experience with fresh water fish and some experience with salt water fish only tanks. I set up a 60 gallon salt watertank I'm looking into getting some zoanthid and palythoa corals.I have a. marine glow 40w actinic light right now. Is this enough or do I need more lighting. Thank you for your time and advice.

11/30/2013, 03:33 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	for softies you dont need a whole lot of light, just a straight actinic will not work you can get a 50/50 bulb for it. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

11/30/2013, 11:26 PM	#4
CoralReeForrest Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Redding,Ca Posts: 1,010	lighting???? The toxin is nothing to worry about if you wear gloves when messing with stuff. Now as for the OP question. Your going to want a light, whether T5, MH, or LED (they all have their pros and cons) that produces at the bare minimum 10k. 10 or 12k is good for Softies but its pushing it if your getting into sps or lps. Actinic is simply supplementary and while it does help corals that do use 460nm to a defree it will not help to make them grow. Read the stickies at the top for more info. Hope this helps!