totem lighting question

[mark]

40W isn't a lot for corals. Okay for a fish only tank.

[Kryten]

Plus it would probably make your tank look terrible, the colour would be too yellow.

[Zylumn]

Philips has put out a compact florescent light bulb (CFL) that is daylight and 40 watts. It has a color temp of 6500 K which would work fine for a small refugium as it would grow algae efficiently. It is actually very blue white looking.
Kevin

[chevyjaxon]

my current fixture is able to run 2 floresent bulbs @ 40watts each would 80 watts do it?

[Kryten]

I think you'll find that even with 80 watts, normal output florescents just won't cut it, both in how they look and in their ability to make corals grow.