Lighting upgrade??

candian bacon · 03-17-2004, 09:10 PM

I have a 35 gal tank that is 18" deep.

2 NO florecent 30 watt actanics
2 NO florecent 30 watt 18 000 k power glo

My question is.... i have a 400 watt MH balist that my father gave to me. Should i take away the 2 18 000 k power glo lights and add a 400 watt MH in there place?

I dont have any corels as of yet. But i do have live rock and plan on starting with some mushroom corels and other softys.

What do you people think i should do? Do i have decent light now or should i add a MH to my set up?

Can you guys give me some thoughts for a good priced bulb and kelvin?

thanks

Jimbo · 03-17-2004, 10:09 PM

I would go for the 400 watter. Heat's going to be an issue though. I currently have a 20kk coralvue bulb and love it over my 40g. The coralvue bulb starts out with lots of blue, but gets much whiter after about a week burnin. I also run my airconditioner blowing on the tank while the bulb is on.