[ChrisC]

Quote: Originally Posted by keokoi very interesting ChrisC, How many watts of MH are you going to use. In my reef days I used a combo of 20,000k which has a bit more blue actinic light and 10,000k which is more white. The ones you buy at HD or Lowes is a 5500k which gives off a more red effect if I remeber correctly.. I had 3-400 watt MH and 2 96 watt actinics.. Yeesh.. Joe

I plugged in my 1000 W bulb, which I think is too much, since I could see the skeletons through the fish. My electrical panel obviously needs an upgrade too, since I couldn't keep it on if I turned on the coffee machine.

I think 300-400 is probably good enough. I'm trying that next.