too much lighting?

sleepercivic88 · 09/16/2006, 03:07 PM

I was at the local fish store and i saw the coral life light 300 watt 2 bulb MH for $350 (saw online for 499). I have a 46 gal bow front so im running about 6.5 watts per gal. Is that too much light? is there such thing what do you guys think.

Andrew · 09/16/2006, 03:15 PM

Forget the whole watts per gallon rule. Not a good rule to go by since all lighting if differen't such as 150 watts of pc isn't the same a 150 watt mh bulb. You should be fine, but keep an eye on your water temperature.

09/16/2006, 03:07 PM	#1
sleepercivic88 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arvada, CO Posts: 30	too much lighting? I was at the local fish store and i saw the coral life light 300 watt 2 bulb MH for $350 (saw online for 499). I have a 46 gal bow front so im running about 6.5 watts per gal. Is that too much light? is there such thing what do you guys think.

09/16/2006, 03:15 PM	#2
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	Forget the whole watts per gallon rule. Not a good rule to go by since all lighting if differen't such as 150 watts of pc isn't the same a 150 watt mh bulb. You should be fine, but keep an eye on your water temperature.