phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
Ok I do know thanks to all the help here that you need a lot of watts for corals.
I am pushing 216 but I have an 80gallon tank so I need more like 320 watts.
It seems like almost all the lights you see out there are only 4 bulbs(T5) and they advertise them like they will work for your tank. Obviously if you don't do your research you would come to that conclusion.
I do not know what bulbs are in my Aquaticlife 48" 4 bulb and 4 moonlight unit but I do know 2 are blue and 2 are white.
I have some important questions.
1) What kind of bulbs could I slap in there that are proven better than others?
2) It is only pushing the total watts if all 4 bulbs are on so how can the corals benefit if only the blues are on then the whites anyway.
3) Is there a specific light cycle between the colors that is best in general.
4) Are the moon light to run all night?
5) If not how long of a dark period should the tank have?
6) Will the fish be happier with music :) Just kidding
I may or may not know the right answer to these questions but what do you all have to say about it?
Thanks
I am pushing 216 but I have an 80gallon tank so I need more like 320 watts.
It seems like almost all the lights you see out there are only 4 bulbs(T5) and they advertise them like they will work for your tank. Obviously if you don't do your research you would come to that conclusion.
I do not know what bulbs are in my Aquaticlife 48" 4 bulb and 4 moonlight unit but I do know 2 are blue and 2 are white.
I have some important questions.
1) What kind of bulbs could I slap in there that are proven better than others?
2) It is only pushing the total watts if all 4 bulbs are on so how can the corals benefit if only the blues are on then the whites anyway.
3) Is there a specific light cycle between the colors that is best in general.
4) Are the moon light to run all night?
5) If not how long of a dark period should the tank have?
6) Will the fish be happier with music :) Just kidding
I may or may not know the right answer to these questions but what do you all have to say about it?
Thanks