Lights

[hunterdaddy]

I have had my 55 gal. tank set up for a week now. 5 of my original 6 damsels have died. (yes I know now u arent "supposed" to cycle the tank with fish). The last one looks like he will make it though. I will slowly add live rock untill I have at least 1.5 lbs. per gallon.
Anyway question is right now I have just regualr lights. I need to get 50/50 actestix and a blue light from what LFS tells me to support coralline algae and low light corals. Will my regualr aquarium lights be ok for the next month or 2???

 

[mr . salty]

The sooner you get those better bulbs in there,the better.But a 50/50 and an actinic may be too blue.You may want to rethink that combo.Maybe a 10k and a blue.Or two 50/50's....

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

Live Rock - requires Low to High Lighting (basically anything) Fish typically require light to be awake. Until you begin creating a reef tank normal lighting will do. I've had one cheap 48" bulb on my tank for a year without any problems, except my polyps I place as cloe to the light as possible.
I am replacing my hood and lighting system in the next two months when I migrate to corals