lighting?

[keepsmesane]

on a 25 gallon with three fish and hoping to add corals soon.
My current lighting set up is: a 15" 1x 32W 10K SunPaq retrofit on my eclipse hood:http://current-usa.com/products/retro.html Model 1611

is that OK, or should I change or add more when I get corals.

would model 1615 work better for me?
1615 is a 18" 1x96 watt Quad fixture, reflector (17.5" x 5.5" x 2")

or model 1601 dual with 15" 1x32 watt Dual Daylight 6,700k/10,000k and 1x32 watt Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm

I guess my question is, what lights are best for coral and fish growth, but keeping my Eclipse hood and not have to build my own.


thanks!

 

[Dr. Chek]

what it comes down to is which coral do you wish to keep....
if you use the 96 Watt over your 25 gallon, that is almost 4 watts per gallon, which is good.
you can keep a bunch of corals... but others such as acropora, you cannot as they will require the intense lighting of Metal Halides.
I have 130 W PCs over a 37 and I have a finger leather, pulsing xenia, striped mushrooms, kenya tree coral, zoas and an anemone, which are all thriving and doing well.
note that you will only be able to likely have a bubble tip anemone in a PC setup.moreover, you will need to uphold good water parameters to house corals and inverts such as BTAs.
-james