Lights for 150 gallon

[Dyl'sDAD]

Hey anyone know my best lighting coice for a tank that is 72"widex18"deepx30"tall? I was thinking about going with 3 250watt metal halides. Do you guys think that would be enough?

[dobejazz]

What types of corals do you want to keep?

[Loverotties]

30 deep go with 400 to have anything.

[Dyl'sDAD]

two 400 watt halides with let me grow anything

[Geoff]

nope, 3 -400w's. you will need one MH for every 2' of tank length. the more sand you have in the tank the higher the wattage also. if it were a BB tank you could prolly get away with 3-250's.

G~

[Casey]

3 400 watters Mh will work great.

[Dyl'sDAD]

The price tag just keeps going up. Im working on the tank now, and I pick up sand and filtration this weekend. I plan on going fish only for a few months while I find lights and live rock so if anyone knows where I can find a good deal on those 3 400 watt setups please let me know. Do you think pendandt lights at 400 watts will work?

[Geoff]

if you are good a DIY. building the canopy then adding MH's as retro kits can save you quite a bit of money.

G~