what kind of light bulb to get?

[angeli697]

i have a top fin fluoresant light hood which can house (1) 15 watt 120 volt 60 Hrz light bulb. i was wondering what kind of bulb i could get to help grow my corals. i was thinking a bulb from this site: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753937&lmdn=Product+Type
please help me find of an inexpensive bulb that will go good with my reef tank. thanks

 

[nano-newb1983]

that should be a good bulb, but i might go with a 14,000k bulb if u like a more blue color

 

[nikesb]

what kind of corals do you have? these are barely good enough enough for softies

 

[bang guy]

It really doesn't matter much which bulb out choose. Just get what looks good to you visually. I don't think that fixture is going to grow any photosynthetic corals anyway.