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Old 11-28-2005, 07:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I was thinking about getting an anemone adventualy, but what would be the cheapest and easiest lighting I would need to get for a 75 gallon tank? Is there like a certain number of watts per gallon or something? What else would be the cheapest so I could have like 1 piece of coal too? Could you tell me what the cheapest light would be for each and then so I could keep them both. Thanks!
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Old 11-28-2005, 07:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well I'm keeping and anemone and some coral under pc lighting and some vho's, but I have to keep everything close to the top of the tank. For that reason I'll be swapping out to metal halides at the beginning of the year. Unfortunatley metal halides don't come cheap, so in your case you might be able to go with a coral that is not so light dependant if you wanted to stay on the less expensive end of things. Check ebay. Ther are wads of pc fixtures and bulbs for a little dab of money, that can get you by until your ready to upgrade.


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Old 11-28-2005, 08:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I agree with Telman, There are bunches of 4 foot pc light fixtures with daylight and actinic bulbs. I think the least expensice name brans are jebo, I bought a coralvue when i first started out. I still use it on a combo 20 long and ten gallon tank. They are niece and bright D)
http://cgi.ebay.com/48-Coralife-Luna...QQcmdZViewItem
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http://cgi.ebay.com/AQUARIUM-LIGHT-4...QQcmdZViewItem

I don't know any of these ebay people, I just wanted to show you that they could be had relatively inexpensive.
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