DIY Lighting

[StirCrazy]

are you talking about a standare 30 which is 36" long or a 30 tall that is 24" long?

asuming the first to get in the 5att/gal range you are going to need to run VHO/PC/or MH

I would recomend that you get 4, 96 watt PC's and 2 WH7 ballasts (2, WH7's are about 1/2 the price of a IceCap and just as good) , this will give you a couple option in that you can split the bulbs between tanks so that when one ballast turns on you have one light on each tank start.. then when the other ballast starts the other two come on.

this can be done with VHO also, so if the price of VHO bulbs is cheeper than PC bulbs you can go that way also.

by using 3 foot bulbs you will be able toacomadate any whare from a 3 foot tank to a 6 foot tank and still have a good lighting base.

Steve