Can there ever be too much light

[AConard]

I'm new to the reef world and have started a 250g tank. My question would be "Can you have too much light in a reef tank" I'm going with a metal / vho combo and hope that the way to go unless someone knows something new. I have well over 10 watts a gallon and wonder if its toooooo much... can ne one help

[zhenya]

Hi AConard , Welcome to Reefland!

In short, yes, there is such thing as too much light. Here's a link to a thread where this topic is discussed
Too much light? Such thing?

[Poseidon]

Good reading that Gene Posted for you. One other thing I would mention is throw out the Watts Per Gallon thing, it is a useless statistic. Main reason being is that it fails to take the HEIGHT of a tank into consideration.

Oh yeah... Welcome to Reefland!