It won't be to concentrated for your corals, but it might
not look as nice. You could try a 100w incandescent light
for a few minutes to see what it would look like as far as
the looks of the spread of light.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Pszemol wrote on 11/13/2006 3:22 PM:
Have you seen a 70W lamp working ? I did'nt so I am curious.

Well, one point source over 16" lenght could be
too concentrated in one place and too dark in others...
I was hoping to find 20-30W and put maybe 2 of these.

What do you guys tnink?

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I think you should run the 70w MH. That's not too strong. Keep in
mind you are trying to simulate the sun. With that MH you'll be able
to keep SPS and Clams.


On Nov 12, 6:59 pm, "Pszemol" wrote:
I am thinking about 5-10 gallon nano-reef tank
but I would like to use HQI or Metal Halide lights.
Smallest I have seen would be 75W bulbs - they
seem to be too strong for a 16" long 5 gallons tank.

Have you seen anything smaller than this on the market?
Or nano-reef is destined to use power compact fluorescents?