New 7gl bow front

[saltfun]

Got a 7gl bow front today. I need to get all my shrooms out of my sps tank and cant see selling them since they are my first coarls. It is going to be a shroom only tank with a watchman goby and pistol shrimp and a small clean up crew. Will the stock 15wt light be enough just to go shrooms? Not looking for huge growth.

 

[magic mark]

NO
b/c the stock light is incandescent isnt it?

 

[saltfun]

Ok found a retrofit for a 13wt pc would this be enough just for shrooms?

 

[magic mark]

probably....its still pretty iffy
what about a dual 13watt? that would be great
over my 5gal minibow i have 20watts

 

[saltfun]

I was thinking a dual but though maybe i could get away without building a hood for it. I gusse if im going to be building that hood might as well just got for 32.

 

[magic mark]

what does the inside of the hood look like? does it look like this?
originally, since mine is a 5gal, the "plugin" was on one side of the hood, so only one bulb could be in it at a time. but i stripped the hood and moved it to the center (poked a hole in the abck for the button to come thru)
if u do this, or if u can already screw in 2 bulbs.....i bought 2 mini compact 50/50 bulbs for &10 bucks each, and they screw in

 

[magic mark]

sry forgot the pic

 

[magic mark]

i added tinfoil for extra reflection

 

[footbag]

Hey saltfun... CSL (which is now out of business)sells 32w retrofit kits that fit right into a stock 7g minibow hood. They are still available on the net. I am running one of these in the minibow and it is fine for shrooms, GSP and Zoo's.

 

[footbag]

Can't post links, but I'm sure you could search for custom sea life retro.