Lighting

[sinner]

hi guys,

just wanna know what kind of lighting should i get for my 3footer? MH is definately out of the question... i'm planning a simple FOWLR together with some mushrooms and anemones...

Cheeros!

[hotsoup]

PL or T5 should do the tricks

[sinner]

hi hotsoup,

wats a PL and how much does a PL or T5 cost? how many tubes?

[dodo]

IMHO, FOWLR FL should be enuf

[sinner]

FL enuf for anemones? i'm very very confused about lighitng... sigh~

if FL enough how many tubes? and how many watts etc etc...

if PL(btw wats PL) how many tubes.... watts etc etc...

if T5 how many tubes.... watts etc etc..

[dodo]

kekeke...sorie ...i tot u mean FOWLR...sorie dude.

PL or T5...same opinion as hotsoup

even so...i dun thk your anemone will survive anemone need strong lighting

Edited September 3, 2003 by dodo

[hotsoup]

If budget is yr constraint, for a 3 footer try PL(power compact) 4 x 36watts and not 4getting taking yr tank's height into consideration.

[sinner]

If budget is yr constraint, for a 3 footer try PL(power compact) 4 x 36watts and not 4getting taking yr tank's height into consideration.

tank should be 18" tall... how much is the power compact going to cost? 4tubes? mummy gonna kill me for the pub bills

[hotsoup]

Something like this

[sinner]

how much how much

[heckers]

thinkin' oso 2 change my litez 4 my 3ft tank

4 a 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 tank, which iz better???

2 x 39w T5 10k

2 x T5 Actinic

or

3 x 39w T5 10k

1 x T5 Actinic

qnz : 1) wif those litez, how much will the temp of the water go up 2???

2) which the same number of tubez, wld PL or T5 produce more heat???

3) wat type of coralz r suitable/not suitable 4 the config stated above???

4) iz MH a must 4 SPS???

5) can i turn a FL case in2 a T5 case by changing the balast & the end-cap???

(i presume FL & T5 use diff balast & end-cap, am i rite???)

6) wat'z the estimated price 4 the

- balast

- end-cap

- T5 10k tube

- T5 actinic tube

[sinner]

4tubes very shiong man.... sigh~

[sinner]

anybody have any ideal how much the lighting is going to cost me? do not take MH into consideration...

[bwilly]

I think u need T5 at least for anemone.

anemone needs light to produce food, else

u got to do plenty of target shrimp meat feed.

check with edmund, our src sponsor.

he got 3ft T-5 going for abt $300 lesser.

click on the banner above, eaquanature.

[sinner]

it's going for $280 for 2tubes only... sufficent?

[zephyros]

it's going for $280 for 2tubes only... sufficent?

U might want to PM edmund to seek his advice.

Zephyros

[bwilly]

add another blue PL should do.

with timer onz, the blue one comes first, then the T5.

stimulate sunrise.

then vice versa for sunset. (T5 off, the PL blue off)

ya, reg too as a mbr of the eaquanature n get 10% discount.

also u need a credit card to purchase from there.

not sure if COD accept or not.

[Dispar_Anthias]

hi guys,

just wanna know what kind of lighting should i get for my 3footer? MH is definately out of the question... i'm planning a simple FOWLR together with some mushrooms and anemones...

Cheeros!

Hey anemone needs lots of lighting......... IMO at least t5s or PL light........

[sinner]

U might want to PM edmund to seek his advice.

Zephyros

how do i pm him? wats his nick?

[Dispar_Anthias]

thinkin' oso 2 change my litez 4 my 3ft tank

4 a 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 tank, which iz better???

2 x 39w T5 10k

2 x T5 Actinic

or

3 x 39w T5 10k

1 x T5 Actinic

qnz : 1) wif those litez, how much will the temp of the water go up 2???

2) which the same number of tubez, wld PL or T5 produce more heat???

3) wat type of coralz r suitable/not suitable 4 the config stated above???

4) iz MH a must 4 SPS???

5) can i turn a FL case in2 a T5 case by changing the balast & the end-cap???

(i presume FL & T5 use diff balast & end-cap, am i rite???)

6) wat'z the estimated price 4 the

- balast

- end-cap

- T5 10k tube

- T5 actinic tube

Yes a MH is almost a must for SPS........ And it should be at least 250watt........ Seen many people keep sps under t5s but dun think the sps can retain their wonderful colour, and thats my opinion......... You are able to keep most lps corals with the config above, but dun think it is enough for clams and sps

[sinner]

whats lps and sps?

[Achilles Tang]

Types of corals.

[sinner]

hmmm called up a LFS and they quoted me $99 for 2 tubes of PL for a 3foot tank... not sure if it's enough... any ideal?

[Dispar_Anthias]

hmmm called up a LFS and they quoted me $99 for 2 tubes of PL for a 3foot tank... not sure if it's enough... any ideal?

What is the wattage

[sinner]

i think it's 36 only if i'm not wrong.