Lighting for 20 gallon high

[duncantse]

What is good lighting for a 20 gallon high tank? It came with a hood that was 2 13w straight pin lights. I don't think that is enough a FOWLR tank. I don't think that t5 or florescent lights fit in the hood, only compact florescent. The hood can only fit the 12" straight pin lights. What lights do you recommend?

[hpi_jeep]

there really is no demand for high light output with a fowlr tank.
(this is from the information i have gathered)

[duncantse]

What about if I want coraline growth to speed up?

[duncantse]

do you think this is okay? PC 10k 18 watt daylight and PC 18 watt actincic

[birdman1979]

That will be fine. Coraline does not require much light, just sufficient calc, alk, and mag. I've heard they prefer actinic light, but have not experienced that myself. I actually have coraline that grows on the underside of rocks. HTH.

[spehhh]

i think kent marine has something that speeds up the coraline algea process or you can try what i did and get a friend who has an established tank and steal some of there's off a rock.

an as for the lighting birdman1979 is right,my first tank had one florscent bulb used for plant only tanks and the coraline grew still.