Lighting and Powerheads

[4127john]

Christmas time!!!! So I have a 20 gallon saltwater tank but I'm gonna turn it into a reef tank. I found a lighting system online, is this okay? T5 Quad 20" Aquarium Light HO 72W Cichlid Marine Reef LED 4X 18W Lamps Nano | eBay

Also how strong do I need a powerhead to be?

 

[fishybuisness]

Lights should be good..gonna need an actinic or two bulbs though..also you need at least a 700gph in tgerw

 

[Terrance]

What kind of corals are you planning to buy? This will help determine how much power from each powerhead as well as lighting.

T5s are nice. My overall preference will lean toward D120 LEDs and jebo wp10 for my 20g reef.

 

[4127john]

Probably keeping some soft corals and some Lps.

 

[bribo12]

Lighting should be fine for them and 2 koralia 425 should be good

 

[4127john]

How should I set up the power heads?

 

[fishybuisness]

One on each side of the tank and at least once agitating the surface of the water

 

[4127john]

Koralia Evolution Nano 425 Aquarium Wave Pump Water Circulation Powerhead Set 2 | eBay
These are good powerheads right?

 

[fishybuisness]

Yep! Those are nice ones..a lot of people prefer them. I myself like the marine land ones because there pretty compact