lighting a 55 gallon

caughtaniner · 07/01/2007, 02:26 PM

i need lighting for a 55gal, found these and was wonering if they'd work?

12,500 K- Deep Sea Blue This is the best light for deep ocean life. Itâ€™s output actually overlaps the above Actinic Type spectrum. When the Actinic Type and 12,500 K- Deep Sea Blue are used together, a healthy reef results

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Grins · 07/01/2007, 02:31 PM

What are you stocking the tank with?

caughtaniner · 07/01/2007, 02:33 PM

i like anemones, zooanthids, some soft corals. my 1st tank so it would all be beginner stuff

Grins · 07/01/2007, 02:37 PM

Anemones aren't beginner stock. The best thing to do is to pick what stock you want to keep and then buy the lighting to suit their needs. Generally speaking the nems will need higher lighting than the soft corals. In a shallow tank some compensate by putting higher light need stock towards the top of the rock but with a nem it will travel to where it wants to go versus where you put it.

07/01/2007, 02:26 PM	#1
caughtaniner Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 31	lighting a 55 gallon i need lighting for a 55gal, found these and was wonering if they'd work? 12,500 K- Deep Sea Blue This is the best light for deep ocean life. Itâ€™s output actually overlaps the above Actinic Type spectrum. When the Actinic Type and 12,500 K- Deep Sea Blue are used together, a healthy reef results http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...132974020&rd=1

07/01/2007, 02:31 PM	#2
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	What are you stocking the tank with? __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/01/2007, 02:37 PM	#4
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	Anemones aren't beginner stock. The best thing to do is to pick what stock you want to keep and then buy the lighting to suit their needs. Generally speaking the nems will need higher lighting than the soft corals. In a shallow tank some compensate by putting higher light need stock towards the top of the rock but with a nem it will travel to where it wants to go versus where you put it. __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/01/2007, 02:33 PM	#3
caughtaniner Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 31	i like anemones, zooanthids, some soft corals. my 1st tank so it would all be beginner stuff