Lighting ?

[bsktmom]

Would this be a good light to get for a 55 gallon? What corals could you keep with this light.
48" Formosa DX (65W x 4)
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[logan15]

depending on what you want to keep you could keep mushrooms,soft corals some leathers and so on but not any LPS SPS or clams in my opinon its a good start light tho IF i were you Id get 2 250 Watt MH and youd be set.
HTH

Logan

 

[bsktmom]

I don't think I'll be able to do MH right now. Is there anything that would be closer to MH or better than this light that I picked out. Thanks again...

 

[logan15]

maybe you could do 4 VHO 110 Watt Bulbs thatd be really nice :yes:

 

[bsktmom]

Do you know of any good places to buy lights? You can e-mail me at basketmom@knology.net. Thanks...

 

[bsktmom]

Does anyone have any pictures that are using 4 VHO 110W. I'm not sure how all of the different types of bulbs look.