zoa /night paly lighting for 30gthe breeder?

[lolgranny]

Hey guys.

Im going to setup a zoa tank at my store and wated to get some suggestions for lights? I was thinking a tek 4bulb? Don't want to go crazy on $the so any suggestions are appreciated!

Thank you
David

I hate auto correct on my phone. It always adds things "night" and ",the" after 30lol

 

[A. Grandis]

Get the best T5 fixture you can afford.

Grandis.

 

[lolgranny]

Well I can afford a powermodule but there is no reason for that due to the shallow tank and the light requirement for zoas am I correct?

 

[A. Grandis]

Well, I meant that the better the fixture you ca afford for that particular tank, the better for the tank (zoas).
The number of bulbs will determinate the amount of light.
The quality of light doesn't necessarily follow the number of bulbs/wattage in the fixture.

I'm sorry, I went back to see the first post...
It will depend on what tank you would like to use a Tek light 4 bulbs on.

Grandis.

 

[lolgranny]

Well, I meant that the better the fixture you ca afford for that particular tank, the better for the tank (zoas).
The number of bulbs will determinate the amount of light.
The quality of light doesn't necessarily follow the number of bulbs/wattage in the fixture.

I'm sorry, I went back to see the first post...
It will depend on what tank you would like to use a Tek light 4 bulbs on.

Grandis.

For sure bud, basically I want to have sufficient lighting for the tank for zoas using the least $ I can. Would the tek 4bulb be ideal?

What would u put on the tank?

 

[A. Grandis]

What size tank?

Grandis.

 

[lolgranny]

30g breeder

What size tank?

Grandis.

 

[A. Grandis]

Yep, 4 bulb Tek fixture is fine.

Grandis.

 

[sunshinereefer]

Think about making an investment into LEDs..will help you long term. The zoa/paly colors really pop out with LEDs and they have relatively cheap than they were before. T5 fixture might be cheap but everytime you buy good quality bulbs..a big hole in your pocket.

 

[lolgranny]

Think about making an investment into LEDs..will help you long term. The zoa/paly colors really pop out with LEDs and they have relatively cheap than they were before. T5 fixture might be cheap but everytime you buy good quality bulbs..a big hole in your pocket.

Understandable for sure, thing is I rather keep it on the cheaper side now because I have a 180g im finally putting water into so I have $I want to put into that 1st