Lighting question

[morayeel]

I just purchased my first salt water tank, its 10gal, and i bought a cover with a incondesant light, i was wondering if having that light will work? or if i should return what i have bought and get a floresent light? also any help on where i can find information on cycling the tank would really help, thanks alot!

 

[morayeel]

sorry, i am new to this, what do you mean by pc?

 

[kdlbem]

Old Yeller was referring to power compact flourecent lighting. There are a few different kinds, PC, NO-normal output flourecent,VHO-very high output flourecent, and metal halide-MH. As for incandecent(sp?), get rid of it. They get too hot. I am assuming from the small size of the tank, you are going to have fish only? Personally, I wouldn't go smaller than a twenty gal.(easier to keep a larger tank stable, temp.,ph,etc.). Either way, a NO flourecent will work for a fish only tank(corals need lots more light), if that's what you're planning. You can pick a bulb that will bring out the colors of the fish(50/50 or 10,000 k look great). HTH
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[ May 01, 2001: Message edited by: KDLBEM ]

 

[krustytheclownfish]

As far as cycling the tank, do a search on this BB. There is LOTS of info. Good luck.