20 gallon lights

[reefgeek]

i have a 20 gallon tank and a incandesent hood. if i put some screw in floresents to equal the watage of 50 watts would that be okay??? :?: :?: :?: :?: ?????

 

[Dollarz81]

Ok for what? What do you want to keep in the tank? Problem with screw in type bulbs is they lack intensity. A bulb may be 50 watts but corals need intense light.

 

[reefgeek]

well what could i put in it then im on a buget so no fancey lighting system like pc or mh. what do you mean screw in type bulbs lack intensity they are floresent :? :?

 

[reefgeek]

well what could i put in it then im on a buget so no fancey lighting system like pc or mh. what do you mean screw in type bulbs lack intensity they are floresent :? :?

 

[Dollarz81]

Screw in type bulbs are incadecent bulbs. They are designed to light a room with minumum wattage and intensity. PC/VHO/MH bulbs are designed to put out as much wattage and intensity in the smallest bulb possible to encourage coral growth.

You could keep various types of mushroom corals, Green star polyps, yellow colony polyps, some leather corals. There are lot of low light corals, just do some research. You culd also keep non-photosynthic corals such as sun coral. These corals need untimate quality water though.

 

[reefgeek]

most are incandesent but there are also the floresent type. they are the same as normal output flors but are smaller and well screw in

 

[reefgeek]

most are incandesent but there are also the floresent type. they are the same as normal output flors but are smaller and well screw in

 

[Dollarz81]

Ok, your first post said you were putting it in an incadesant hood....so I just figured. Oh well. There are still quiet a few corals you can keep. Just do some research.