Newbie lighting question....

[m3ntal]

I'm a newbie and I thought I should have put this into The equipment forum but anyway here it goes...

When putting my whole system together I bought an Odyssea 260w PC unit off ebay on impulse.

I now realized that I want to go with a MH unit.

My tank is a 55 gallon, 4 feet long, and about 16 inches deep. I've been looking at the 250watt Hamilton Reefsun and Reefstar Units.

Would you guys recommend this size/wattage pendant for my tank or will i need a dual setup?

I hear you need a unit for every 2 feet of tank but that sounds overkill to me.

Thanks in advance

[m3ntal]

Crap, I just read a few threads down and there is the same topic...Nevermind!

[egdevilboy]

Guessing you read my thread.

The 250s worked good but i just used 2x32w Actinics to supplement.

You can always go with 2x175w to lessen the intensity.

[mg426]

the light that you bought off of ebay is not the worst thing in the world. 260 watts on a 55 (16 inches deep) is a fair amount of light, even pc. You can keep about anything except SPS and clams. But halides are the best for sure.

[m3ntal]

Thanks for the info.

I also wanted the halides because its more pleasing to my eyes :)