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00nothing · 12-07-2004, 10:35 AM

just wondering on what the consensus is on noraml output lighting and coral health/growth

i have a 6 gallon nano tank that has been doing much better than expected so much so in fact i really dont feel i can keep these corals in here much longer for there own health everything is touching something

my 50 gallon tank is cycled and is ready to go but it has a lack of lighting i jsut purchased a icecap 430 that i will be using to build a vho hood but i bought it off ebay and who knows how long before it gets here with xmas on the horizon

but i was wondering if for the meantime i could use 4 40 watt phiilips daylight bulbs on the 50 gallon to sustain the corals i have 2 on there right now and it looks amazing much brighter than the pc bulbs on my 6 gallon and oh yeah in case anyone is wondering the are 8000k

edit: oh yeah mostly softies and a few LPS