Frag tank lighting

fishwater · 02-24-2008, 05:26 PM

I just set up a small 10 gallon tank to keep frags in and hopefully grow to trade. I have about 65 watts of pc lighting over it. I was wandering if I could also use one of the spiral pc bulbs a lot of people get from home depot or lowes to grow chaeto in refuges to add light to increase coral growth. I think these bulbs are 6500 K. Will this do anything for my coral growth, or just make algae grow out of control?

tims · 02-24-2008, 08:19 PM

thises lights will not do anythign for the coral but any algae or weeds you want to grow that will do the trick.
I would think increasng to 96w PC's for soft corals will be better in the long run.

Gatorreefman · 02-24-2008, 11:07 PM

175 watt metal halides appear to work in my experience. Just set them high up over the tank so the heat doesn't get overbearing. You may have to use a clipon fan. Evaporation can be a problem for small tanks like this however.

chrischris · 02-24-2008, 11:11 PM

the spiral cp bulbs will make algae grow like mad (at least in my case)