lighting for a 10 gal

[ryan]

Just curious how much lighting I would need for a 10 gal. I want to give corals a try. I heard there are some corals that dont require as much lighting... what would these corals be?

 

[bigarn]

I have 96watt PC on mine. I highly recommend them. You'd be able to keep any soft corals you want. I have hammer, polyps, zoos,mushrooms, ricordea, xenia and bubble ...All are thriveing and a few have split.
I forgot to mention leather also.

 

[laddy]

.....I can vouch for BigArn's advice, I posted the same question three months ago, and bought the 96w quad system from Coralife for like $88 and it was (aside from the two turbos snails I put in the tank two weeks ago) the best investment I've made.

 

[johneebego]

Where did you find them for $88?? I had to pay $140 for mine!! Oh well, live and learn.

 

[bigarn]

Originally posted by Laddy
.....I can vouch for BigArn's advice, I posted the same question three months ago, and bought the 96w quad system from Coralife for like $88 and it was (aside from the two turbos snails I put in the tank two weeks ago) the best investment I've made.
Laddy...Happy to hear you like the lights. I remember your posts from 3 months ago. Hope the tank is progressing nicely and looking forward to seeing some pics.
bigarn

 

[laddy]

I'll try to reference my invoice they sent to me over my personal email acount tonight, and get back to you. It was one of those deals where the price was so low to what I had been seeing I was a little nervous about ordering them--but like clockwork it arrived 3-4 days after I ordered them.
As for my tank--it's awesome, almost on cruise control (knock, knock on wood). One gallon water changes every saturday morning and everythings been fine........I'll try and post some pics this weekend--wish I started from the start of the tank to see the progession, but hey whatever :happy: