Frag tank light

[omarkattan]

What would be a good light on a 40 breeder I'm setting it up as a frag tank

 

[pallobi]

jmo, but a 6 bulb t5 would work great... ATI or geissemann bulbs only... a teklight would work fine, there is no reason for an ATI fixture... all jmo...

of course others will suggest something else for a fixture, a bulb count, and probably bulbs... or halides or leds... its up to you really, but t5 are proven to do a great job without the heat and power consumption of halides... and myself, im not sold on leds yet...

 

[omarkattan]

Ya I'm tryen to avoid halides cuz of heat. I'm setting up a frag tank and breeding setup but still don't know what lights I need I was thinking 6 bulbs as well but I'm not hanging them they are gona sit right on the tank so looking for input. Thx Neal for the response.

 

[inverted]

2x150W MHs would be fine and really shouldn't have heat issues. You don't really start getting "hot" until about 250ish. However, 6-T-5s would be fine as well. LEDs can work, but IMO it's much more important to have a good understanding of some more advanced topics than with other lights. If you don't understand the terms "PAR", "PUR", "optics", "CRI", "photo-saturation", "photo-inhibition" etc... then LEDs may be more of a gamble. If you can find someone with a similar set-up that's really producing good results, then you can probably get away with just copying what they are doing. Unfortunately LEDs are still new enough, and offer such a wide range of configurations, that it isn't always (maybe even often) the case, so, you tend to need to know a bit more to avoid getting burned IMHO.

 

[jarrodsanborn]

+1 on everything above. or you could do 1 250w raised up