What Lighting?

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by BozoTheClownfish

Hi everyone,

What kind of lighting should I get? As I said, I'm not very ambitious so I don't want to get something that's totally overkill.

One idea was to use an ordinary incandescent hood with screw-in sockets, but use 2 x 24W 5000K self-ballasted PC bulbs instead.

I use a similar setup on my refugium, but with a 6500K bulb instead. That setup works well, and is probably less expensive.

JBJ Lighting also has this clamp-on http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_clamp_on.html model. How does the 36W combo white/actinic compare with the idea above?

That looks really nice, but what is the cost? I have used the CSL 32W smartlights, and still do on my 20 gallon nano. I do like them very much, but the downside is the expense. They are around $150.00 each. I have two plus a 2x13W brightlite kit from AHsupply.com in a homemade top on that tank.

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