what kind of light do I need?

[emk09]

i have a 55 gallon tank and i want to start havin coral and an anemone what kind of light is needed to have these?

 

[TKByrnes]

well first of all welcome to reef central. now down to business anemone's need high light. I would go with 2x250 watt metal halides. I tried to get away with powercompacts on my 75 but it just wasnt enough for some corals. what it really depends on is what kind of corals you want to keep.

 

[emk09]

ok thanks for the help ill look into that