nicolicious
Aquarium Advice Newbie
1st = I think aquariumadvice.com should consider creating a lighting forum....please.....
2nd = this site is great, I had no idea as to the complicated nature of a saltwater system....this site has atleast allowed me to 'have' a question to ask...where as before I did not even know how to ask anything...but anyway......
I have a 55gallon, liverock (20pds), a wrasse who pretends he is dead, and from what I have learned a very inadequate amount of light 120watts to be exact.
What I need is to be at 7-8 watts per gallon.....or about 400total....to accomplish that do I need '1' 400 watt mh bulb and '1' 400watt electronic ballast?
or
can I run '2' 200watt mh bulbs and '1' 400watt ballast?
or
do i need a separte ballast for each bulb?
or can i just buy a
48" Coralife Lunar aqualight 4x96watt and call it a day?
thanks all....nico
ps hey captivereefs.com ---why is the 72" Coralife Lunar aqualight cheaper than the 48"inch? is that a mistake or am i missing something?
http://www.captivereefs.com/captivereefs/detailcat.asp?CatID=ltpc&SubCatID=lunar#
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2nd = this site is great, I had no idea as to the complicated nature of a saltwater system....this site has atleast allowed me to 'have' a question to ask...where as before I did not even know how to ask anything...but anyway......
I have a 55gallon, liverock (20pds), a wrasse who pretends he is dead, and from what I have learned a very inadequate amount of light 120watts to be exact.
What I need is to be at 7-8 watts per gallon.....or about 400total....to accomplish that do I need '1' 400 watt mh bulb and '1' 400watt electronic ballast?
or
can I run '2' 200watt mh bulbs and '1' 400watt ballast?
or
do i need a separte ballast for each bulb?
or can i just buy a
48" Coralife Lunar aqualight 4x96watt and call it a day?
thanks all....nico
ps hey captivereefs.com ---why is the 72" Coralife Lunar aqualight cheaper than the 48"inch? is that a mistake or am i missing something?
http://www.captivereefs.com/captivereefs/detailcat.asp?CatID=ltpc&SubCatID=lunar#
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