tiredfish
Aquarium Advice Activist
im setting up a 55 gal. reef tank.im gonna eventually buy aqualite 48" retrofit...i built the tank stand and canopy myself...so it has to be custom fit i guess....anyways my question is ..can i use 48" 4x40 watts gro-lux floresent bulbs to get my tank to cycle?or until i can afford the retrofit. my first tank is a 30 gal...and im putting the live rock and fish or what-not into the new one..will they be messed up by the change in light? my tank currently is getting 4 watts per gal...if i switch i would get only about 3 watts per gal...is that gonna mess things up? i dont really have any corals and things of that nature....just some polyps that are dying anyways. thanx for any info..laterz