NASCAR_Dave
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Well, I am almost finished with my home-made canopy (I forgot to take pictures this weekend but I will have some up soon, and will make the plans available to anyone who wants them), and I am ready to purchase the lights for them. The canopy is a 72-5/8" long (inside dimensions) to allow the canopy to overhang the top of my Oceanic 135g by 1-9/16" to hide the top trim. It fits like a charm! But anyway, I have about 72-5/8" x 13-1/4" od space where the lights will go, but after looking at www.ahsupply.com and www.aquarium-supply.biz I am even more confused about how "much" light to buy. I have a few (5 bunches of three or four stalks) anachris in my tank but I do not intend to have a whole bunch of live plants, although I would like to have a few more for variety. I was going to buy two 2x96w retrofit kits for a total of ~384 watts, but is this too much? Also, i was going to buy one Actinic but I think I have read now that Actinics aren't necessary for a tank that will house a few plants and some Peacock Cichlids? Help? I would like to order the kit today or tomorrow so they will be here when I get the canopy stained and painted. Thanks for the help.