Enough lighting for soft and hard corals? - Aquarium Advice

reefmaster · 10-10-2005, 07:56 PM

I have a 30 gallon tank 30" long 11.5-12" wide, and i have a JBJ Formosa [acronym:0edb13adab="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:0edb13adab] Hood 65. (watts http://www.windowtothesea.com/displa...=305&item=1999 you can see the lighting system under lighting and there is a pic of it there on the website) and i was wondering if i had good enough lighting to put in hard and soft corals. And if i cant i have looked at metal halide light fixture, but non of them are 30" long all of them are 36" long. Can i get a 36" long metal halide hood and put it on my 30 gall?

Brodie · 10-10-2005, 08:08 PM

I would upgrade to a [acronym:c8858adaf0="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:c8858adaf0]. I think you'd be okay with some soft corals, but no [acronym:c8858adaf0="Large polyped Scleractinian (stoney) coral"]LPS[/acronym:c8858adaf0] or [acronym:c8858adaf0="Small Polyped Stoney"]SPS[/acronym:c8858adaf0]. Check up the HQI [acronym:c8858adaf0="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:c8858adaf0] setups, you might have better luck with those.

IndyReefMan · 10-12-2005, 08:05 PM

Coralife makes a 150 watt HQI fixture that will clip on the back of your tank so you can place it on just about any size tank. Wish I could remember the name of it but it's pretty new.

10-10-2005, 07:56 PM	#1
reefmaster Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: california Posts: 119 Images: 2	Enough lighting for soft and hard corals? I have a 30 gallon tank 30" long 11.5-12" wide, and i have a JBJ Formosa [acronym:0edb13adab="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:0edb13adab] Hood 65. (watts http://www.windowtothesea.com/displa...=305&item=1999 you can see the lighting system under lighting and there is a pic of it there on the website) and i was wondering if i had good enough lighting to put in hard and soft corals. And if i cant i have looked at metal halide light fixture, but non of them are 30" long all of them are 36" long. Can i get a 36" long metal halide hood and put it on my 30 gall?

10-10-2005, 08:08 PM	#2
Brodie Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 340 Images: 14	I would upgrade to a [acronym:c8858adaf0="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:c8858adaf0]. I think you'd be okay with some soft corals, but no [acronym:c8858adaf0="Large polyped Scleractinian (stoney) coral"]LPS[/acronym:c8858adaf0] or [acronym:c8858adaf0="Small Polyped Stoney"]SPS[/acronym:c8858adaf0]. Check up the HQI [acronym:c8858adaf0="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:c8858adaf0] setups, you might have better luck with those. __________________ Be ocean minded, keep our beaches clean.

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10-12-2005, 08:05 PM	#3
IndyReefMan Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 187 Images: 10	Coralife makes a 150 watt HQI fixture that will clip on the back of your tank so you can place it on just about any size tank. Wish I could remember the name of it but it's pretty new.