Important lighting question

masterfenrir

New Member
I have a 56 gal saltwater tank that contains 25+lbs of live rock, a blue legged hermit crab, and one yellow banded maroon clown fish. The bulbs that I have on the tank are marine-glo:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...:referralID=NA
and coralife 10,000K:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...:referralID=NA
I was told this is all I need and I could even get soft coral if I like. I am wanting to know if it is possible to get any coral with these two lights that I am using or if I need another type of light/lights?? If so, could you recomment any bulb that would fit into a regular strip light fixture because I do not have the $ to buy an expensive light fixture yet. Thanks for your help!
 

oceansidefish

Active Member
Those bulbs are only 15W each so that less than 1 watt per gallon. IMO you will not be able to support any corals under those lights. At a minimum your would need PC's
 
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