Lighting

tsteves

tsteves

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I have a 48 gal bow front aquarium. The aquarium came with a light hood that has 2 - 18" 15 watt 20,000 kelvin high intensity purified super daylight lamps for deep water aquarium.
I was told I needed more powerful lighting for the corals and reef that I want. All I have is carpet anenomes rock anenomes mushrooms, featherdusters, lettuce nudibranch, devils finger.
I made a light box and put in 2 - 65 watt flourex bulbs. the box say that each of those light provide 6,825 brightness lumens of light output (outdoor security lighting from home depot.
Will this lighting work, or should I spend the moneyfor lighting??
If so, what do I get????
 
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alti

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the bulbs from home depot are not the right spectrum for corals. they are probably 5500k max. go ahead and spend the money on the lighting. do some research before you buy anything. there is no reason to buy a lighting system and have to upgrade it later. try to match up the lighting to the corals you want to keep.
 
jjboods

jjboods

Member
How long is a 48 gallon bowfront. I have an 48" All-Glass Power Compact strip with bulbs that I am selling.
 
cmack

cmack

Member
Do you know what quality the ballast is? I'm assuming it is like an IceCap 660, Any more details?
 
slothy

slothy

Active Member
i just got one, i know the icecaps are capable of dimming the lights, but i think thats with a controller, which is $$
my hellolights (aro ballast) runs cool, i never owned a icecap, so i dont know how cool they run...
for the 120 with harness/endcaps/no splicing wires.. im happy :)
 
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