New 75G Tank...Need Lighting Help

Hatty324 · 03-12-2006, 10:27 PM

I am recently new to the whole Fish world and am wanting to start up a 75G SW tank. At the moment, I do not plan on having much of any Coral in my tank. I'm not the biggest fan of Coral and since I'm a beginner, I dont want to make things too difficult for me. I am planning on having 2x True Perc Clowns, 1x Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, and 1 Kaudern's Cardinalfish. For the Clowns I want to give them an Anemone (probably a Bubble Tip but am waiting on some info from another thread I started in the SW Tank forum).

My question is what type of lighting would be best for me?

75G Tank
Little to No Coral
1x Anemone (possibly Bubble Tip)
Tank Dimensions: 48 x 18 x 22

Any help is much appreciated!

The Grim Reefer · 03-13-2006, 12:22 PM

Your problem is the anemone needs a lot of light unless you plan on feeding it regularly. You need to have your system running several months before trying an anemone so I would start out with basic lighting for now. If you want a hood you could check the selling thread for a used PC hood to use until you decide for sure what corals you want to keep. If you are going to use a canopy you could start out with a couple of T5 fluorescents. Then you can add a couple more lights later on for an anemone or 4 more for most corals or use the 2 lamps as suppliments for halides.

03-12-2006, 10:27 PM	#1
Hatty324 New in Town Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Plymouth, MN Posts: 2	New 75G Tank...Need Lighting Help I am recently new to the whole Fish world and am wanting to start up a 75G SW tank. At the moment, I do not plan on having much of any Coral in my tank. I'm not the biggest fan of Coral and since I'm a beginner, I dont want to make things too difficult for me. I am planning on having 2x True Perc Clowns, 1x Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, and 1 Kaudern's Cardinalfish. For the Clowns I want to give them an Anemone (probably a Bubble Tip but am waiting on some info from another thread I started in the SW Tank forum). My question is what type of lighting would be best for me? 75G Tank Little to No Coral 1x Anemone (possibly Bubble Tip) Tank Dimensions: 48 x 18 x 22 Any help is much appreciated! __________________ In The Works 75G SW Tank (buying soon) Last edited by Hatty324; 03-12-2006 at 10:36 PM.

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03-13-2006, 12:22 PM	#2
The Grim Reefer Council Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Here at the moment Posts: 267	Your problem is the anemone needs a lot of light unless you plan on feeding it regularly. You need to have your system running several months before trying an anemone so I would start out with basic lighting for now. If you want a hood you could check the selling thread for a used PC hood to use until you decide for sure what corals you want to keep. If you are going to use a canopy you could start out with a couple of T5 fluorescents. Then you can add a couple more lights later on for an anemone or 4 more for most corals or use the 2 lamps as suppliments for halides.

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