OceanMist
Aquarium Advice Freak
lighting a 20" cube tank?
I want to use halide lighting on the 20" cube tank I plan to build, would 400w be too much? I mainly want to keep soft coral and an anemone or 2, although a couple of SPS corals would be great, (If there are any SPS corals that would get by without added calcium?),
or If I was to add a 250w lamp to a 400w ballast would it work? only I already have the parts of a 400w halide (the igniter is labeled MH 70-400w, so I assume the ballast is 400w), also would a 400 give off a lot of heat?
any help would be greatly appreciated :?
I want to use halide lighting on the 20" cube tank I plan to build, would 400w be too much? I mainly want to keep soft coral and an anemone or 2, although a couple of SPS corals would be great, (If there are any SPS corals that would get by without added calcium?),
or If I was to add a 250w lamp to a 400w ballast would it work? only I already have the parts of a 400w halide (the igniter is labeled MH 70-400w, so I assume the ballast is 400w), also would a 400 give off a lot of heat?
any help would be greatly appreciated :?