pc light bulb choice ????

[bbreaux1]

ok i hope osmeone will help me out with this or atleast tell me what they use my tnak is only about 2 1/2 months old right now and ill be looking to maybe going reef in about another 4 or 5 months but im getting lighting now just to help the coraline algae grow. i plan on haveing 4 55w pcs eventually i might just buy two now and two later to go on my 55g long tank since im not sure if i can afford all the lighting right now so how good are the bulbs that are 10000k one side and drk blue on the other is that an okay way to go or what color temp bulbs i could put that will look good while i have fo

 

[fishfreek]

I had the same dalema when i switched from NO lighting to pc lighting in my 45g reef. I ended up going with a single 96w smartlite and a 30w actinic bulb. I really like the look. I think if you go with 2-55w lights at first, get 2- 10k or 2-6700 and go with 1-2 NO actinic lights. Than if you decide to get more pc lghting yo can add 2-55w actinics. That way you can put 2-actinics in the back and the daylght bulbs in the front or vice versa. HTH

 

[hondo]

I have a 50 gal reef (48"X13X18) and currently use PC lighting 4X55. I use two 10,000k bulbs and two true actinic 03 bulbs. Couldn't be happier (unless I had MH that is). I would recomend in a four bulb set up going this way as I have yet to see any 50/50 that are true 03 actinic. They are usually just the old blue 7200k bulbs that gave PC lighting it's bad reputation.

 

[bbreaux1]

thanks thats probibly what ill do if i get 4 if i only get two i mght just buy the 50/50 lights for now