Lighting question

[ninny]

I am going to be setting up an aggressive fish only tank after the first of the year. It is going to be a 100 gallon tank. The question is what type of lighting do I really want. I have a 135 Reef w/fish tank on it I have metal halide and VHO. In the fish only tank I plan on having live rock but will not put in any coral so I was wonder what type of lighting I should go with. Don't really want more lighting then I need but also don't want to under light it.

 

[flower]

Only YOU can say what you really want.. As for the fish they don't care, with no corals fish lights are cheap and easy..

 

[ninny]

After doing some looking around think I am going to go with T5 2x54w.

 

[kylev]

I'd say T5's as well just because with all the bulb selections you can make the lighting look however you want, but IMO I would go with at least a 4x54 so you can have 2 actinic bulbs and 2 others of your choosing, plus with the additional bulbs you'll have more options to play around with combinations to make it look just how you want

 

[ninny]

The T5's that I am getting you can link on another set of lights, that was one thing that attracted me to the ones I chose. I will more than likely add more lights but since I am starting up this tank and having to buy all new equipment I will add them in the future.