Lighting for QT tank

[sunni]

I am setting up a 20L as my QT tank. I will be picking up some corals at the swap in March and probably qting them for about a month. What I am trying to figure out is lighting. I don't want to spend a fortune on lighting for the QT tank, but I am going to be putting some SPS's in and who knows what in the future.

Any ideas for lighting? I am guessing I will go with PC's but how much wattage will I need?

 

[xdusty6920]

pcs will work fine for this application....however if your going to be housing sps and the like for a month or so.......you might have a fair amount of browning out do to the lighting. my suggestion would be a middle ground. go with a 175 mh. pretty cheap retro kits out there and much more sufficient for lps and especially sps. reguardless just remember to take it down as soon as you add the frag to your display. an empty tank setup and full of water will quickly become another reef if not lol