Lights for a 2 x 2 x 2 ft tank

[andysho]

i might be planning to get one new 2 x 2 x 2 tank,i am

just wondering if i intend to keep Sps coral up to acro....

i might be using four tubes of T5 light, of cause will be

getting reactor and so on to keep Sps in a good health

planning to use metal halide..but it will increase my water

temperature... a lot of noise from the chiller will be generate

if i do put one on my room...as the tank will be in my room...

my question is are those t5 light enought to keep those Sps guys

healthy~~~~do T5 give out a lot of heat..hope those using T5 light

can help me

welcome all suggestions thanks

[lightningstrike]

T5 of cuz will emit less heat than MH. but if u intend to keep sps then MH is the way to go.

[andysho]

but got ppl ever keep successful with T5 light right?

for metal halide..for sure i need to get a chiller liao

if not all my live stock will become bbq dishes

[Mellow]

hi andysho,

as lighteningstrike said, MH is the way to go if u wanna keep sps. of course, I think we should alos cover other aspects of sps keeping besides having good lights, though this is also important. Rather than u get t5s and upgrade in future which will waste more money, might as well get MH once and for all? I've been running 250 DE MH for the past year on my 3 feet tank without a chiller. Only using cooling fan and managed to maintain my temperature at 27 most of the time and at most 28 degrees. But my air con does help a fair bit when i turn on at night. Hope that helps....