Lighting requirements in my new reef

tomo

New Member
i have a 55 gal reef that has been up for about 6 weeks. feel that we have cycled the tank properly. now i would like to add some soft coral and macro algae and anemones. but i'm wondering aboutlight requirements. we currently have a 2 bulb flourescent hood. one bulb is 50/50 and the other is trichromatic 6500k full spectrum lamp. my question are: do i need more lights? and if so, what kind? should i add an actinic blue? thank you
 

the rock

Member
the rock says...
just add a second 50/50 for the easy to please soft corals (mushrooms, leathers, button polyps), anemones prefer stronger lighting which would be an upgrade to vho, power compacts. you may choose to add another strip light to make it three over your tank. 50/50 are half white half actinic lighting in case you weren't sure
 

tomo

New Member
Hey Rock and Reef Ranger thanks for the advice sorry ive been so long in replying. computer went down. I'll try add a strip or two.
 
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