Lighting help....

[scandluz22]

I have a set of these AQUATICLIFE LINK FIXTURES and am looking to buy another one so I have 4 bulbs for my 55 gallon. My question is can I put the 2 actinic bulbs in one fixture and the 2 10000k in the other so I can put them on separate timers? Or should they be alternating like --- Actinic bulb, 10000k bulb, Actinic bulb, 10000k bulb so the light is spread more evenly? Should I just maybe buy a 4 bulb fixture that allows me to control them separately? Thanks for the help!!!

Also what would be better bulb to put in there than the ones that come with it??

 

[little_fish]

You dont need to worry about spreading the lights, but as to which bulb to put in it, i cant really help you there.

 

[reeffreak]

You have a 55g. tank and the link shows a 24'' fixture.Linking those two together will only be two banks which will limit you to very low light corals,maybe zoas and mushrooms an that's it.You really need a fixture with four banks the full length to keep LPS and soft corals.4-6 banks and individual reflectors to be unlimited,preferably 6 with IR.

 

[little_fish]

Good catch reeffreak!

 

[scandluz22]

Thanks for pointing that out but I have the 48" version and intend on buying another 48" version. If you click the drop down on the link it shows the 48" version. Thanks for the replies