Lightning

[psycho-killer]

hey all,
i currently have a 140 litre tank with 3x 17 watt fluorescent bulbs blue light, 10 000k and 50/50 i bought a new 300 litre that im setting up and was wondering wich lights are most essential ? i can get 40 watts but should i do go for all 3 bulbs or put in 3x 40 10 000 k to have 120 watt of lighting ?

the tank isnt deep its a 300litre long think about 50-70 cm deep

i only want to keep soft corals like mushrooms, i do have a few shrooms and they seem fine with the 3 diffrent 17 watss im running at the moment always nice and open even new one growing

thanks

 

[Musho3210]

what about your anemone? Is it going to be in the tank?

Shrooms dont need much light. Just to let you know shrooms arent soft corals, but rather a different species called Corallimorpharians

 

[psycho-killer]

no the anemone is in my nano tank with 74 watt unit at the moment doing very well,just eating alot...

i know shrooms a diffrent but i have a few that i want to buy if i can,just dont have the money for metal halide

thought if i can put in 3 or 4 40 watt tubes into the hood that would be enough,even for 1 anemone later on

 

[Musho3210]

it should be perfectly fine for shrooms but i would never ever even consider a fully photosynthetic large anemone in that light. I would only have T5 or MH for anemones.....

 

[psycho-killer]

the colour spectrum ? run 1 40 watt of the 3 diffrent spectrums ?

atnic
10 000k
50/50 ?

or 1 x40 watt atnic and 2 x 10 000k ?

would that be ok for soft corals ?

polyps
mushrooms
xenia

 

[Musho3210]

just go for whatever suits you colorwise. How about 6.500k, 10.000k and a fully actinic.