I have been out of the hobby for a while and am getting back in. I'm going to set up a shallow sand bed with a pretty good amount of LR. I love corals and since I'm going small this time, I'm planning to do mostly corals with minimal fish. I'm not going to run a sump but am tempted to run a plenum as that worked well for me in the past.
My concern right now though is lighting. Since my 45 has a middle strap, I'm nervous about a MH right above it. It would just block sooo much light. Can I pull off PC or T5's or will a single 150w MH be sufficient? Oh, and when I had MH before (3 of them) they were always mogul socket. Are these DE ones more better?
Lastly, whats the story with Coralife lights...dang inexpensive. Seems too good to be true.
Thank you all,
The novice veteran
My concern right now though is lighting. Since my 45 has a middle strap, I'm nervous about a MH right above it. It would just block sooo much light. Can I pull off PC or T5's or will a single 150w MH be sufficient? Oh, and when I had MH before (3 of them) they were always mogul socket. Are these DE ones more better?
Lastly, whats the story with Coralife lights...dang inexpensive. Seems too good to be true.
Thank you all,
The novice veteran