Lights for 10 gallon?

[NMreefer505]

Hello everyone! Im planning on building my first ever saltwater tank and I have a few questions.

First of all Im planning on a simple 10 gallon system, I already have the tank, an aqua-tech filter 30-60 and an 18in pc lighting sytem.

My first question is is an 18in pc lighting sytem too much for a ten gallon?
If not what bulbs should I get? I was thinking about getting one 6700k and one 420nm 460nm combination.

Any other tips would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Heavy Hittah]

Do you have an idea of what all you would like to keep?

 

[NMreefer505]

I've been thinking of various soft corals, a clown fish, a firefish and of course a clean up crew

 

[W8lifts]

That is my question toooo...I have a 12 gallon and was thinking about a 30 par LED from BoostLED anybody use it before? I have the stock bulbs in my JBJ nano but want to try somthing different.

 

[Hawkingcolorado]

I'm getting a Kessil 150 for my new 15 cube...

 

[Heavy Hittah]

I put 12 cree 3w over my tank. Using 700ma buckpucks

 

[Agu]

Lets see .....

My softies tank has a 96w Coralife power quad and a panorama

My old LPS tank had a Marineland reef LED

My frag tank has just the Coralife 96 watt power quad.

And my ten gallon sump with two rock anemones has two 26w daylight curly PCs from Lowes.

I've looked into Some of the LED spotlights but the footprint isn't right for a 10 gallon tank.

I've tried other lights too. The powerquad is probably the best light of the bunch but it gets expensive replacing bulbs. The Marineland LED is good but needs wider optics for a ten gallon tank. You have to raise it 3-4 inches to get good light dispersion. But there's no replacing bulbs . A single Panorama isn't enough light for a ten gallon, but it's perfect on my 5.5 gallon.

HTH,

 

[NMreefer505]

My dad has an 18in pc lighting system he said he'd let me use, what kind of bulbs would be best to get? It has space for 2 bulbs. I was thinking the 6700k and a combination blue/purple

 

[cmac23]

I have the boostled with the clamp from them and it's awesome on my 10 gallon