Lighting-good grief there are a lot of products

[tinyfish]

I would like to be able to keep some of the easier types of corals in my 30 gallon tank. I believe those would be leathers, mushroom, and polyps.
I do not want to go to the expense of Halide.
I am thinking about T5 bulbs and my questions are:
1) Do I need just one bulb of 10,000k
2) or, one Actinic bulb
3) or, one of each in a double bulb arrangement
I have seen the retro kits which are still out of my price range. Is there some other way I can do this cheaply? (I just spent over $200 on Live Rock)

 

[shogun323]

I would look into Orbit Power compacts. You can get them for a 30 inch tank for around $150 I think. That is what I have on my tank. I have mushrooms, zoanthids, torch coral, kenya tree,xenia and other goodies. Check it out!!
Shogun323's tank

 

[schwa6970]

you just made me feel bette bout my purchse of an orbit just got it yesterday and started worrying that it might not be enuf for the tank im in the process of equiping any other equipment suggestions would be helpful getting kind of confused about what i need and dont need and since your tank looks so beautiful your advice would be golden

 

[schwa6970]

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[schwa6970]

sorry didnt realize was a no-no