A few lighting questions on a new 125

[james454]

I was given a 125g reef tank. I have lots of experiance with smaller tanks but this is first time ive delt with metal halides.
the lights are 3 175 watt coralife 5500k 2 vho actenic 60 inch 140 watt
the lights look great turned on but my querstions is about the 5500k lights i dont know much about them most ppl i see talk about 10k 14k 20k my main question is does this effect what can be kept in tank? and what can i keep with this light set up of 805 total watts?
also one is burnt out the metal halides. most likly i bumped in the move lol. so if im goinig to replace that bulb should i replace all 3? if so should i get the same bulbs?
i aperciate any comments

 

[reefraff]

Originally Posted by james454
http:///forum/post/3238389
I was given a 125g reef tank. I have lots of experiance with smaller tanks but this is first time ive delt with metal halides.
the lights are 3 175 watt coralife 5500k 2 vho actenic 60 inch 140 watt
the lights look great turned on but my querstions is about the 5500k lights i dont know much about them most ppl i see talk about 10k 14k 20k my main question is does this effect what can be kept in tank? and what can i keep with this light set up of 805 total watts?
also one is burnt out the metal halides. most likly i bumped in the move lol. so if im goinig to replace that bulb should i replace all 3? if so should i get the same bulbs?
i aperciate any comments
The 15K Iwakawi halides look great and are about the highest PAR of any 175 watt halide there is. Very nice lamp.