Lighting 33 gallon

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Candiru
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Sep 23, 2005
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Going to buy a 33gallon. It's 48"x12"x12". Was looking at the odyssea 48" t5, it's 108w I believe.
Is this overkill and will I just be scraping algae all day? It's for an african cichlid tank. Would I be better off with going for the 36" light fixture?
 
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