$$$ to spend.....ideas please

travis truman

travis truman

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After I get my protien skimmer I am planning on buying new lights for my 55 gal.
ANy ideas im not a light person?
PLanning on adding Lr soon. I will be adding anemonies and poltyps and such.......later on ill add some corals
How much $ will they cost and what kind should I get.
I have about 550$ extra bucks to spend on my tank.........LEND ME YOUR THOUGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
mossad327

mossad327

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If you plan on having anemones, I know you need really high lighting to have any sort of success. I'm not a light person, either, but I would make sure to ask around about if you really want one.
 
richard rendos

richard rendos

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Get a 4 X 110 watt VHO setup. They are fairly cheap...should leave you some money left over for some live rock. You can get the VHO setup for about $250.00.
 
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thomas712

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Travis the real question here is what type of corals do you want to keep. This will determine the type of light that you should go with. Of the mentioned ideas I like Richards, with 440 watts you can keep alot of things. I personally recommend the VHO bulbs made by URI. If you can go with the 10,000k to 12,000k bulbs this will give you a good deep penetrating blue-white light that will better represent a deeper reef enviroment. I use the 50/50 and actinic blue bulbs.
If you use bulbs below 5500k they tend to be in the red spectrum that algea just loves.
Thomas
 
travis truman

travis truman

Member
thanks guys...........im not really planning on keeping many corals...........i I havent even researched any so who knows.
but thanks for the output
 
iceburger

iceburger

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no corals?....well then, dont get the expensive lighting, just go for a 110 watt duel PC or somthin along those lines, and then maybe spend that extra money on a UV filter :D ......or maybe a new fish, or maybe a couple of those powerball tickets ;) ......
 
iceburger

iceburger

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ok...well with a 55 i'd go for maybe the Jalli 220 watt PC...sells for around 200...and i think there are a few people on the trading and classifieds that have some for sale, i have one for my 75...with other lighting, and its a really great deal...JMO
 
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