Watts per gallon rule

You simply need to purchase lights made for reef
aquariums, and have a total of 3 to 5 watts per gallon, 3
being on the low side, but good enough for soft corals,
and 5 being where you really want to aim, and 6.6 being great.

People often ask "should I put this coral at the bottom,
or up top". The simple answer is that if you just have
good intense lighting, you don't have to worry about it.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



RubenD wrote on 1/4/2007 7:04 PM:
I appreciated the comments, but can anyone give me a realistic way to
measure the amount of light necessary for a reef tank based on distance and
wattage or lumens?
There has to be a way, I pressume...


Ruben