Cheap 20" T5 lighting

[MBliss81]

I'm about to start a 10 gallon nano reef as well, as a place for my azure damsel to live (to avoid aggression problems with tankmates in my 16 gallon nano).

I'm planning on having a glass top with the Coralife Aqualight Quad Tube that Flake suggested. I've been eyeing it at my lfs for a while.

I have a 18"-24" (adjustable) Marineland LED light fixture on my 16, and my corals seem to like it just fine. It has 3 blue moonlights built in and I added a small fixture with 6 more blue LED's for better looking colors at night.

I may decide to move my LED fixture to the 10 and use the quad on my 16 if it seems like it's a more powerful light source. I'd probably run half 10k and half actinics. Then maybe I could get a few of the SPS corals that I have been afraid to get with my LED's (even though I'm almost sure the LED's would be fine if the SPS was in the right spot with the most light).

 

[JASONinNM]

Do u think 1 x 175watt metal halide lights is much for 10g?? I too am just getting ideas weather to use my 10g QT for a nano or get a 20g? My main concern right now is lighting i already have 2 x175 w HQI but dunno if using just one would be too much??

 

[iDream]

You'd have to hang that sucker high, that's some powerful lighting over a 10G, a 70w would've been plenty for you