75 gallon tank

[dabudkrew]

does anyone know if 4 65 watt pc lights would be enough to support soft corals and small variety of fishes??

 

[larryndana]

should be.

 

[dabudkrew]

any recommendations on the type of bulb to buy??

 

[nigerbang]

A flashlight could support fish.....Prolly 2xActinics,2x10,000k's sound good..

 

[dabudkrew]

i need the light to support soft corals

 

[sign guy]

Id look at coralfe for the fixture/bulbs. this is my tank with 96w antic and 96w 10000k

 

[dabudkrew]

im trying to make it a blueish color

 

[sign guy]

get three antics and 1 10000k bulbs

 

[reeffreakgeek]

Definitely,softies will do well under them
I would go 50/50 bulbs
2 (10k/actinic 03 or 420nm) and 2(10k/actinic 460nm)

 

[dabudkrew]

does this give it a blueish color to it??

 

[twogood4u]

Or youcould go with 4 54 watt t5 bulb setup and save energy. I have the Nova Extreme on my 75 and it makes it brighter than 4 65 watt bulb setups. just my .02

 

[sign guy]

Originally Posted by dabudkrew
does this give it a blueish color to it??
03 antics are very blue and 10000k are kinda yellow so most of us run a 50/50 set up. half 10000k and half 03. If you want to have a blue tank Id go with 3 03's and 1 10000k. youll be happy im sure

 

[sandman1966]

I have the Satelite 4x65 (2x65w dual actinics and 2x 65w dual daylight) pc lighting and i do pretty good. i have some mushrooms a anemone and tons of pulsing xenia oh i also have a stip light that came with tank that has a actinic bulb also mainly for color enhancement

 

[reeffreakgeek]

Originally Posted by dabudkrew
does this give it a blueish color to it??
What I posted earlier is moderate bluish color
Try 2 50/50(10k/actinic) and 2 actinic(1 03/1 460)
Actinic 03/420nm is usually more bluish/purplish
Actinic 460nm is usually more sky bluish

 

[larryndana]

Originally Posted by twogood4u
Or youcould go with 4 54 watt t5 bulb setup and save energy. I have the Nova Extreme on my 75 and it makes it brighter than 4 65 watt bulb setups. just my .02
i agree here too.
the replacement bulbs are cheaper and the fixture will be cheaper.

 

[ejensen]

I had a coralife 4x65 PC's on my old 55 and I don't think they are enough light for corals. Go all out a get some MH are you will be able to have SPS.

 

[aquaguy24]

yeah i'd go with some mh so u don't have to worry about wat corals to choose from..im upgrading my lights very soon and going with the sunpod hqi 150w 14000k from current usa..