[Jakerupe]

I feel like I made the old rookie mistake and got ahead of myself, but after reading through the forums on these bulbs they seem to be at least close to the real deal.

I am planning on converting my 110-gallon over to a reef tank as I finish the basement. Included in the basement is an 8x8 room where I can build the tank into the wall and keep the entire filtration etc. out of site.

Since we moved four years ago I thought it would be better to sell of the corals and just keep the fish only tank for after the move. All has gone well but got some friends into the hobby and of course now my interest is peaked again.

Halides have been put away since the move and the hood will need to be rebuilt and the fluorescent hood went out. Found the 2x54 Nova and bought it for 100 dollars and was amazed by the lighting. Led me to by another fixture for about 200 that was 4x54 (10k/actinic) with moonlights.

Tank looked great! More light then I got with my halides (as far as I remember) so I bought some new fish and an anemone. Now the question for you all, and I do have the cleanest tank around, how much penetration should I expect with these. The tank is 28 inches deep and the Long Tentacle will only set his foot in the substrate, so will the light be adequate? If not has anyone ever tried anything like planter boxes in their tank to raise things up from the bottom? Specifically anemones. Easily could hide something in the rocks.