selecting a halide

hey 3 reef just about ot buy a metal halide for my 90 gallon tank whats the best and what shouldnt i buy i dont really know n e thing and the guy at the shop seems to just want t o sell me things

 

what lighting do you have already?

 

just t5 and moonlight 2 tubes of each

 

More info on this please. What brand? How many T5 bulbs? Wattage per bulb? By moonlight, are you speaking of actinics?

 

umm as for brand and wattage i have no idea how do i check

 

Take a picture of the lighting fixture you have. There should also be a label on it that gives you the specs. How long is the lighting? 24"? 36"?
What do you plan on keeping in your tank? Generally, you will find better deals online than a LFS too.

 

It really depends also on what type of corals you want to keep.
How deep is your 90?

 

Before anybody can really help you we need a lot more info. What corals do you want to keep. Do you want a new fixture that has the halides plus t5/vho/pc? Do you want some type of a retrofit kit that you can install in your hood with your existing lighting system? What is your budget?

Kim

 

You will need 2. 250 watter's for a 90 . Deep tank one will be little if any good really and will look very unevenly lite if you try to hang just one fixture in the center of it..