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RE: T-5 lighting

Nep2Ns PlumR — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:54:20 GMT

Hey bnel

The depth of the tank is what's gonna make lighting it tough, 24" is a pretty deep tank.

I've never used T-5s, but we're still talking about flourescent light. The watts per gallon rule doesn't apply well at all here. I would say that your configuration would work fine for placing corals from about the midway mark up and maybe a little deeper. Getting good light to the bottom of the tank would require more intensity.

T-5 lighting

bnel — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:27:42 GMT

I have a 90 gallon marine aquarium that is 24 inches tall. I want to keep the lower light corals such as mushrooms, star polyps, etc. Is four 54 watt T-5 bulbs on this tank enough? I don't want to get into the more expensive corals and have to worry about a chiller right now. This hobby can be expensive and I am trying to do this without too much expense. Thanks.