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04-25-2004, 10:25 PM
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Location: buffalo ny
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need help choosing
right now i have a dual lighting strip with coralife bulbs on a 72 gallon tank, and in the future i want to add coral and anenomes and other stuff would 110 vho bulb and a 110 watt actinic bulb be fine or do i have to have power compacts
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04-25-2004, 10:45 PM
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Actually if you plan to keep an Anemone, I would suggest you look into Metal Halide lighting. Otherwise, VHO or Power Compacts will be good choices for soft and most LPS corals.
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04-25-2004, 10:53 PM
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what about going for power compacts would that be good enough for anenomes??
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04-25-2004, 11:56 PM
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POwer Compacts nor VHO provide enough intense light to sustain Anemones. I recommend Metal Halie only for Anemones.
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05-13-2004, 05:46 PM
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