lighting suggestions?

[yote]

I have had a Bubble tip under 192 watt coralife pcs for about 2 months now and its doing great.

[bobby]

Ya a bta will live with 192 pcs but from what I read they wont flourish as good as if they had mh or t5's.

[reefer562]

okay heres what i got so far pc's fine for softies t5's anenomes ? how their watts are like 24 ea times 4 = 96 watts

[bobby]

It depends on how many watts your putting on the tank. I dont know what your asking on how there watts are. I might be wrong here but the way I understand it is mh and t5 give better light and more powerfull of a light to penatrate deeper n the water. Agian I may be wrong but if I am I know someone else will chime in and fix it.

[reefer562]

well i found a pc tha i might purchase it is 130 watts will this work for anenomes?

[bobby]

I would think you need more watts. Thats only 4.48 watts per gal, and I do believe the min recomended watt per gal is 6.

[JellyMan]

I have raised anemones in a 55 gal with a 250 watt pc youll be fine its not the watts its the depth penetration of the rated kelvin yes it can be done and it is enough for the softies you wish to raise as well right now I have a 24" pc on a 30 gal it took some moving around but all of my corals are doing great I have softies, and sps hope this helps.

[BriOnH]

For what it's worth, my Current Dual Satellite lights work well, but I do kind of wish I would have gotten metal halides. Like mentioned earlier they really are the best from what I have seen.