what is the best lighting system for a fish and live rock tank

[troutking]

what is the best lighting system for a fish and live rock tank. im new to keeping sw fish.

 

[troutking]

i meant type of light bulb like flourescent etc

 

[Myteemouse]

Some T-5's should do just fine!
No corals you shouln't have a probleem!

 

[sweeTang21]

even the basic hood that your get with some tanks is fine. The single T8 bulb style ones lol

 

[skiptomyzoo]

If your not doing corals, basically anything will work.

 

[BIGgourami]

even the basic hood that your get with some tanks is fine. The single T8 bulb style ones lol

If your not doing corals, basically anything will work.

i agree
maybe a PC or at least a dual bulb so you could get actinics and a few more watts to get some good algea growth

 

[Tangs Rule]

I have a very simple flourescent strip light on all my fish only tanks. It controls algae growth and lights the tank just fine.

 

[monkeyman]

A simple t-8 is fine for just fish. If you want to do soft corals use pc bulbs, hard corals and other high light corals need t-5 to metal halide lighting.

 

[Malawi-]

Get some nice compact florescent fixtures. 65w, they work great or you can a T5.. Live rock dont really require much more than the fish.