Re: 30G tank, 65 watt 10,000K and 65 watt True Act I have a 30 gallon tank and it is doing awesome with 2 65 watt power compacts 1 actinic the other daylight bulb. The coraline is covered everywhere and all my soft corals are very happy with this light. If you want to raise clams or sps corals you ne MH lighting. Look at my album to see pics of my 30 gallon tank so wou can see the colors of the light.
heres the link to my tank. http://www.3reef.com/cgi-bin/album.pl?album=Jay
Hope this info helps you out. Welcome to 3reef and the hobby. Its tons of fun if you can get past the expense.
Jay [smiley=fish.gif] [smiley=goldfish.gif]
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60 Gal Acrylic, 30 Gal Acrylic, 55 Gal Glass.
Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. |