Aquarium lighting question

[duggy]

Hey all!
We have a 35 gal reef tank with a clownfish, some crabs, snails, and a tube anemone. We have a 24watt light, which really sucks. I can get a 96 watt light for cheap, but it's specs say it is for freshwater. Does it matter?

Hopefully someone can answer quick, 'cause I'm gonna buy it tomorrow

 

[trido]

Dont buy it. It does matter VERY MUCH. the quad for FW has a 6700K bulb . For a reef you will want a 10k x actinic or 50x50 bulb to grow corals

 

[Bojangles]

IMO if the price is low enough to buy the new bulbs and still be a great value then I would go for it. But I wouldn't use 67k on anything you dont want green to inhabit.

 

[Anonymous]

Those lights will be perfectly fine with what you have in your tank. But you will have to upgrade if you want to add any corals in the future.

 

[duggy]

Your advice was noted, if not a little late
I ALSO took the same excellent advice from my LFS, and got a Coralife Compact single strip 50/50. Same wattage, and I can still do corals later if I want.

Thanks again!

duggy

 

[mr_X]

you're going to need considerably more light for corals.

 

[Anonymous]

I have really lost passion for PC lighting. I had a old VHO ballast die last week on my softie tank and I put up a PC light I had laying around while I waited for my new Workhorse ballast to come. When I restarted the VHO, it was blinding compared to the PC.

I am somewhat tempted to replace my MH with a just VHO on my reef tank....

 

[mr_X]

i know a guy that uses nothing but vho and he's got some amazing sps growth. i was very impressed. i'll be using mh and vho on my new tank.
right now i use mh with cf orbit fixture for suppliment. it does the job :?