Lighting for 7.5 Bow front tank??

[bulletsworld]

Any one out there that has one of these tanks? What kind of lighting did you put on it? Where did you buy the lighting from? I would like to make mine into a lil reef, mainly softies for now.

Thanks for any input.


Lee

[Coffeeman]

I used to have one, at first I used 2 13 watt 50/50 pc bulbs, then I put a 70 watt halide on it. I found the halide was too yellow, the pc bulbs looked good but lost thier intensity very fast. I gutted out the light strip that came with the tank and installed my own lighting in it, I must say it looked pretty good.

[i have crabs]

would this coralife mini light fit its 9" long and 5" wide i dosent use legs like the bigger lights it just sits on top of the glass lid and is strong enough for some corals.
http://www.esuweb.com/cardfile.asp?ItemNumber=53120&IDProductRelationship=259
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[fishmanty]

Golds sells those coralife fixtures for 39.99

Just bought one yesterday :)

[i have crabs]

thats the only place to shop.

[bulletsworld]

wOWERS! That might just work.

Yeah Golds rocks! I will measure tank tonight to see if that woulkd fit.

Thanks for the replys so far everyone!

[Willow]

i run one over my 3.5, they light is pretty weak. i would recomend you swap out the actinic and add another 10 bulb you so can get 18 watts of light, of if you have space try 2 of them.

[TheReefGeek]

What about rigging up the 20w 50/50 PC bulbs with built in ballasts from Coralife? They plug into any regular light socket.

[TheReefGeek]

What is this Golds place? In Edmonton?

[Joe Reefer]

What is this Golds place? In Edmonton?
No its in Calgary

http://www.cichlids.ca/

[TheReefGeek]

Darn. A good excuse for a trip to Calgary I guess.