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RE: lights for a 150g

jjmcat — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:16:02 GMT

How tall is your canopy?If its not a tall one then you would be better off with T5s.If you it is a tall canopy then I would go with halides.

RE: lights for a 150g

argi — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:20:25 GMT

Hi 1mbrews8,

Welcome to the Marine Depot Forums.

You mention fowlr, but also mention corals. Fowlr stands for Fish Only With Live Rock (meaning no corals), as soon as you add a coral you have a reef tank. The reason I want to clarify this is if you tell someone you have a FOWLR tank they may recommend fish that will eat corals. So it sounds like you want to set up a reef tank with reef safe fish.

I would look at T5's as you can get more "bang for the buck" in terms of the amount of light. While the wattage will be less than with VHO the actual PAR (intensity) will be greater. There are a bunch of T5 retrokits available (CurrentUSA, IceCap, Sunlight Supply, etc...) that will all work well.

HTH,

lights for a 150g

1mbrews8 — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:45:04 GMT

hi, i have a 150g that i am setting up. it has a nice cannopy and i am needing some lights. it is 6' x 18.5" w x 28"h. it will be fowlr plus some coral. i got it used so some stuff came with it(not lights) to help save $. i don't want to spen a ton. maybe something upgradeable to get me by for several months. i am thinking either t5 or vho, and adding mh later. what to do?