My husband and I stumbled into being marine aquarists. For a while they survived, but now we've learned a lot more and managed to stabilize our tank. We are by no means experts, which we learned is exactly what a 20gal tank is for. So, we're upgrading!! (I also needed more room for more fish )
So far the most confusing thing has been the lights. We've been searching all over for the appropriate lights for the tank we're building (75gal) and I think we've been making this way more difficult than it needs to be. Our current set up is just 2 clowns and some pests so not much light requirement, but we'd like to be prepared to add anemones and more fish in the bigger tank.
Firstly, Is there a difference in the light requirement for a tank with just anemones vs. a reef tank which presumably has soft and hard corals?
We found some recommended watts per gallon but being unsure of the conversion between LED power wattage and actual light output wattage... the numbers were coming up weird. Overthinking this?
TLDR; Our LFS recommended a 64hd and we just want to verify if this is enough/ too much or if it's perfect for our 75gal anemone/fish tank (no hard corals)?
So far the most confusing thing has been the lights. We've been searching all over for the appropriate lights for the tank we're building (75gal) and I think we've been making this way more difficult than it needs to be. Our current set up is just 2 clowns and some pests so not much light requirement, but we'd like to be prepared to add anemones and more fish in the bigger tank.
Firstly, Is there a difference in the light requirement for a tank with just anemones vs. a reef tank which presumably has soft and hard corals?
We found some recommended watts per gallon but being unsure of the conversion between LED power wattage and actual light output wattage... the numbers were coming up weird. Overthinking this?
TLDR; Our LFS recommended a 64hd and we just want to verify if this is enough/ too much or if it's perfect for our 75gal anemone/fish tank (no hard corals)?