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northerncal
09/06/2006, 12:21 AM
i have power compacts. they produce a total of 260 watts of light (half actinic and half white) for my 55 gallon aquarium. i currently have a thriving hammer coral, a sebae anemone, zoos, mushrooms, an orange tube coral, pumping xenia, bubble coral, an alveopora, a leather toadstool and a couple fish. i really really want some montipora digitadas. do i have enough light for them? also, what would it take for me to get some acroporas? do i have to go metal halide?

mg426
09/06/2006, 01:26 AM
Halides would be the way to go. If you do try some SPS (might be ok might not) Put them right under the PCS

Blown 346
09/06/2006, 03:42 AM
I agree with above, the coral you want needs alot of light and water flow.

zachstone13
09/06/2006, 03:43 AM
ditto on the halides, if you do add one make sure to get fans, it will heat up your water much more than pcs will

TKByrnes
09/06/2006, 06:29 AM
like zachstone13 said get fans i have 2 mon my tank now and im adding 2 more tonight. but my montipora is much happier under the halides. I had pc lighting and the monti was ok for about 1 month and then he started slowly turning white. I quickly got my halide. now he is happy again. I had 390 watts of pc on a 75 gal.

northerncal
09/06/2006, 05:31 PM
ok. so sounds like i will need halides. would you reccomend getting a whole new light fixture? or just buying one halide and setting it up somehow DYI?