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Posted	HELP IN LIGHTING SETUP
19-03-2006 16:10 by martin	hi i am trying to set up am first marine tank i have a vision 180 liters/eheim2229/redseapriz skimmer/am going to be putting live rock in i wanted to have about 7 fish and hard and soft coral but dont now if i need halide lights or will T5 linting do thanks for your help
19-03-2006 19:37 by acidburn	if ur gonna put coral ur gonna need halide lights
20-03-2006 08:50 by Alan	How deep is the 180 can you give exact dimensions. Also what lights does it already have. I would suggest the addition of an arcadia I bar T5 lighting system would do the job as well as the light fitting that is already there that will enable you to keep softies polyps and hard corals that aren't dependant on high light levels.
20-03-2006 22:26 by Willuk	Hi, I have arcadia T5's on my tank, 2 whites and 2 blues, soft corals at the mo. My tank is 24" deep but I have placed the corals on the top part section of the rocks about 8-12" down and they are growing very well indeed. Bearing in mind my corals came with the rock I bought second hand and were shipped in the back of my car on an almost 2hour journey, I gave them no hope but as I was buying the rock intially I was not to concerened about the coral as such, as they came free. But they survived and they are doing really well! what a bonus. I have discovered though through my own small amount of experience and observation that I put the blue lights on for 7 hours and the whites for 5 and the hole system seems to be much more improved. However I'm not experienced enough yet to say if this is still to much on time or not enough, its just instinct for me at the mo and allot of studying the tank enviroment.
22-03-2006 08:55 by Alan	Willuk a 12 hour photo period would be better. Martin take a look at this link look under accessories and lighting they sell a unit that is ideal for retro fitting juwels.
22-03-2006 09:00 by Alan	http://www.paraquatics.co.uk/paraquatics%20online.html
22-03-2006 20:57 by martin	hi thanks a lot foks for your help the tank is 93x42x55 i just have the standed 2x25w that came with the tank i will have a look at the link thanks

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