how much is too much?

[madscientist]

I just set up a 5.5 aga and need a light source for it. would 64w be excessive. I saw this while cruising around and am oogling it with thoughts of coral happiness.


http://cgi.ebay.com/16-inch-power-c...QitemZ4381066050QQcategoryZ3212QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Agu]

Uhhh "excessive" isn't a word we use around here.




:lol:

 

[madscientist]

How much light do you have over your shrimp\goby tank? I am just worried that it might cause too much heat

 

[Agu]

2X18w pc lighting and it was too much heat when it was 2" over the water. Raised it to about 4" and it's fine now. I wouldn't call it a highly lighted tank though.

If you get that fixture realize that the legs probably won't work. The front to back dimension is pretty narrow on a 5.5.