lighting on a budget..is this enough?

[BradT85]

Check out www.aquatraders.com or www.fishneedit.com .

Now you can afford more!

I was going to suggest fishneedit.com also but Fleshy beat me to it. I have the 4 foot 4 bulb T5 fixture on my 72 and I really like it, especially for the price. I have nothing bad to say about the fixture and their customer service is awesome.

I have pics of it in my thread about my 72 if you want to see it. I went with 2 10K and 2 actinics.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Absolutely no anemones under that lighting. Minimal, you'll need T5s & an established tank of 9-12 months.

 

[Pazzoman]

I was going to suggest fishneedit.com also but Fleshy beat me to it. I have the 4 foot 4 bulb T5 fixture on my 72 and I really like it, especially for the price. I have nothing bad to say about the fixture and their customer service is awesome.

I have pics of it in my thread about my 72 if you want to see it. I went with 2 10K and 2 actinics.

Hey I have a 72 also, is that fixture great for corals and anemones?

It's hard finding a decent size light fixture for a bowfront tank..

 

[BradT85]

Hey I have a 72 also, is that fixture great for corals and anemones?

It's hard finding a decent size light fixture for a bowfront tank..

My anemones seem to be doing very well under the lighting. Other than the RBTAs, I have mostly zoas with some LPS and they all seem to be growing pretty nicely and spreading. I do have the anemones pretty high up though.

Since its a bowfront I actually put my old 30" 2 bulb T5 fixture in the curved section and it fills it out perfectly in front of my bigger light fixture. Its not a fishneedit.com fixture and doesn't look the best but I really like how it makes the tank and corals look. Its got 2 actinics in it that I run a little longer than my main lights. I can take a pic next week when I get back into town if you would like. I have been gone 2 weeks already so hopefully I still have a decent looking tank when I get back. (I have a non fish person doing the minimum to take care of it)

 

[Pazzoman]

That will be great if you can get a pic, good luck with the care taker while your gone.

 

[FLESHY]

Some nems need high light, some do not.

BTA's are being grown so well right now in captivity because they are truly a high light nem, and that is the trend in reefing right now.

My .02