What kind of PC light should I buy

[sdexcalibur1]

I've been battleing some cyano for awhile now. I don't overfeed, my bioload is super light, And I'm pretty good at a water change every week (rodi water), What I've been doning is every 3-4 weeks or so I shut the lights off for 3 days, that gets rid of the nasty red stuff, but then once their on everything starts over again I cut way back on my lighting. actnics 1pm to 9, regular lights 2-8, moon lights 9-9:30, I'm pretty sure it's the lights,
What kind of pc light should I get, I bought the strip used and it doesn't say what the regular lights are (ex. 10k). It's a FOWLR a few invert (don't know if it matters). No corals will go in. Thanks for the help, any input if you think it's not the lights will help
Steve

 

[dave601m]

I just run a normal fluorescent on my FOWLR - no huge algae or cyano issues. It's only on when I'm home at night - about 6 hrs/day.

 

[sdexcalibur1]

At the orthopedic the other day they have a saltwater set up, maybe 120 gal. 4 or 5 fish, some fake coral, few snails and LR, They have 2 fluorescent light strips, across the top. I always thought you need special lights for the fish.

 

[dave601m]

nothing special needed for fish or live rock, just for corals, and to some extent the coralline algae, which makes the rocks look a lot nicer. I don't run anything special, and I don't get good coralline growth. That makes my rocks kinda bare and ugly, but they're still doing their job as live rock.

I just pick which lights made the tank look nicest, I like the mix of actinic and daylight for the slight blue color.