T5 lighting and depth/wattage

Hi,

I want to light a 3ft deep tank. I estimate that it holds about 280 gal of
sea water. Is there any sites that I can use to calculate the ammount of
lighting I need to illuminate this? It will hold priomarily fish.

Thankx

Sky

If its just for fish than its really not as critical. If you are going to be
keeping any corals than it is more important. I think for a tank that size
you will want to go with VHO or Metal Halide.


"SkyCatcher" wrote in message
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Hi,

I want to light a 3ft deep tank. I estimate that it holds about 280 gal of
sea water. Is there any sites that I can use to calculate the ammount of
lighting I need to illuminate this? It will hold priomarily fish.

Thankx

Sky

SkyCatcher wrote:
Hi,

I want to light a 3ft deep tank. I estimate that it holds about 280 gal of
sea water. Is there any sites that I can use to calculate the ammount of
lighting I need to illuminate this? It will hold priomarily fish.

Thankx

Sky


For fish, You only need enough light for you to be able to see the
fish. For corals the amount of light is very important, for the fish it
does not take much light to make them happy.

kim

You dont say how long the tank is...assuming its 96" I would use 2 standard
shop lights with coralife 50/50's.
The lamps will run you more $$ than the fixtures but they provide nice color
rendition on fish. If you want to see for yourself put 2 standard lamps in
half and 2 coralife lamps in the other - what a difference $50 will
make.....

pomacanthus
www.advancedaquarium.com









"SkyCatcher" wrote in message
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Hi,

I want to light a 3ft deep tank. I estimate that it holds about 280 gal of
sea water. Is there any sites that I can use to calculate the ammount of
lighting I need to illuminate this? It will hold priomarily fish.

Thankx

Sky

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