Adequate lighting for 46-gallon?

yellow ace

yellow ace

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Does this seem like a good deal for $195? I just need a simple light to keep very easy corals alive, and coralline algea, and macroalgea.
# One 96 watt 10,000K and one 96 watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin base compact fluorescent lamps
# Two 3/4 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps
# Three on/off switches with three 8-foot power cords for separate timers
# Built-in ballasts
# Two cooling fans
# Sleek aluminum housing
# Highly-polished reflector
# Acrylic lens cover
-Ace
 
weberian

weberian

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I have almost the same light on a 16.5 inch deep tank and my yellow polyps seem to be doing better since I moved them into the upper portion of the tank. I believe 46-gallons are much deeper (is it the bowfront?) and you may want more total watts. Sorry, but I do not have enough experience to help any more than that. The yellow polyps are the only light-demanding thing I have so far, other than coraline algae.
 
yellow ace

yellow ace

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Does this look good for $365??
36" 4 x 96 watt
Comes with:
2 Dual Daylight 6,700k/10,000k 96 watt bulbs,
2 Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm 96 watt bulbs,
3 moon white lunar lights,
2 fans.
For a total of 8.3 watts per gallon.
Anyone's opinion would be great! I don't want to buy this thing and find out it's not that good. It's an Orbit brand.
-Ace
 
drew2005

drew2005

Active Member
I have the Current Dual Satellite on my 46 gallon bow. Great light. Enough light for soft corals like mushrooms, polyps. $365 seems high for PC lighting. I paid around $275 and that was at a LFS. Shop around you can find it cheaper.
 
grumpygils

grumpygils

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ace
Does this look good for $365??
36" 4 x 96 watt
Comes with:
2 Dual Daylight 6,700k/10,000k 96 watt bulbs,
2 Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm 96 watt bulbs,
3 moon white lunar lights,
2 fans.
For a total of 8.3 watts per gallon.
Anyone's opinion would be great! I don't want to buy this thing and find out it's not that good. It's an Orbit brand.
-Ace
That is way expensive. There are websites out there where you can get 36" 96 Watts for $40 + shipping. Buy two. Same site has 175 Watt MH and 2 X 65 W and 3 moon lights for $199 with built in fans + about 50 for shipping.
Mc
 
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