I have a light that will work for saltwater and even have bulbs for
saltwater (I removed them and put in 6700K daylight bulbs and put the
actinic and 10000K bulbs in the closet). I just don't want to move it
until we have my BF's 48 gallon over here (it's too long for the 29
gallon, but the perfect length for a 48 or 55 gallon tank, the legs are
adjustable). I also have square pin CFL fixtures (for 4 bulbs) that I
removed from my 125 gallon hood because I didn't need so much light for
my freshwater low light plants. I just don't have square pin bulbs for
that fixture, only straight pin ones for the other light fixture. This
is the light I'm talking about that I have appropriate salt water bulbs for:
http://www.aquaticlife.com/products/296
It's discontinued but it is a great fixture, I'd love to switch to the
same type only LED some day.
Amber
On 9/22/2012 3:06 PM, dawnshungryeyes4u2c wrote:
>
> Yes I was keeping that in mind, but thought I needed to warn you if
> you intend to use this 29 gallon as a quarantine tank.
>
> I understand your dilemma in regards to the lighting, but you need to
> know that the lights you mention for options are not going to work for
> a reef tank. I'm sorry, but they just don't produce enough light or
> the right spectrum for such a thing. It would cost you a lot more than
> $50/bulb for the proper CFL bulbs if you were to order hundreds of
> dollars worth of corals only to watch them die because they don't have
> the proper lighting.
>
> I guess my advice to you has to be to consider a fish only tank for
> your 48 gallon tank, stay away from corals/reef setting. That would
> allow you to use a lower grade of lighting, however, the live rock
> should still have something appropriate for salt water or it isn't
> going to grow anything but troublesome algae. Even coraline algae
> needs proper lighting to grow on the rock.
>
> I'm going to post some photos of my 75 gallon reef tank for you (taken
> today) and also 1 of my 29 gallon biocube taken just before I tore it
> down back in March to turn it into a quarantine tank.
>
> I'm very sorry for you that your situation doesn't allow for keeping
> of a reef tank, that is very sad. But, it's better that you find out
> now before you waste a ton of money trying to do something that
> won't/can't work.
>
> If there's anything more I can do to help please just ask.
>
> Dawn
>
> --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:AquaticLife%40yahoogroups.com>, Amber Berglund
> <arberglund@...> wrote:
> >
> > I hope you are keeping in mind that at the beginning I said this
> tank is
> > only temporary until we get the 48 gallon over to my house (which has a
> > proper stand built for it and a proper hood) but the light fixture that
> > came with it is only a fluorescent T8 (single bulb) fixture, and I know
> > that's not enough light at all.
> >
> >
>
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