Lighting question

[Jbagel2]

just wondering if my planes were good for my lighting, in a 55gal


2 VHO blues
2 VHO 10,000K

3 Moon light blue LED

is there anything else i should mabey consider for the same price or very close, i was going to do compact flor but i was told that VHO is better just takes up more room, and i don't have enough money for metal highlite. just wanting suggestions.

 

[mogurnda]

PC lights actually give you significantly more lumens (and photosynthetically available radiation) per watt than VHO. Some people like the look of VHO better, and corals do well under them.

 

[Jbagel2]

what are pc?

 

[mogurnda]

Sorry, PC = power compact = compact fluorescent.

 

[Jbagel2]

i was told by my local dealer it was the other way round?? the pc's are cheaper too.. if that is the case mabey i ill do that.

 

[mogurnda]

Funny. PCs put out almost twice the usable light per watt.

 

[D3adman]

I got a Current USA Orbit 48" 4x65W P C lighting setup with Moonled's and a 3" fan all in a pretty sweet mount for under 250 bux from Gina's Aquarium Supply... seemed a pretty good deal and believe me I've spend quite a bit of time looking around. For the money you can't beat a all in 1 deal like this IMHO. It's enough lighting for low - medium watt critters and maybe some hardier high watt stuff too I've been told... pretty much about anything except clams etc. It comes with 2-65watt true actinics 1-420nm 1-460nm, and 2 -65w tropical daylight bulbs 1-10,000k and the other 6,500k and 4 -1 watt bright blue Moon LED's with separate cords and switches so u can setup a 24hour rotation... MMMGraavy.