From Salt to Fresh..

[dee99gt]

After over a year I lost my entire saltwater tank due to no electric. I had spent so much time and money into my fish and coral and lost it all. Needless to say I don't want to go through such a big loss again.

I've decided to move my freshwater angels over and do a planted aquarium. I plan on using my 48" 2 150 watt halides with 2 54 watt actinics and 4 lunar leds lights. Will this be okay?

My angels I've had for over a year and a half now and only have 3 of them. What is the most I can put in a 55? I would like to see if I can get at least one breeding pair. I really want one or two pure black angels, but my LFS doesn't have any so I think I am going to have to buy from online. Any thoughts there?

 

[aqua_chem]

That much light will be much too much unless you have Co2. Actinic bulbs arent particularly useful in planted tanks, and in my opinion throws off the aesthetics in freshwater.

 

[dee99gt]

I think they are 150 watts, I could be wrong and they may just be 100 each. I have a 4bulb T5. I am unsure of the wattage, but the bulbs are pretty blue from what I can remember.