How to light my 20 gallon SPS QT?

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Hello guys.

I’ve been procrastinating on getting lights for my 20 gallon tank because I don’t know how to it.

My DT is lit with 100% T5’s, so I really want to acclimate my corals with T5 lighting.

It’s a 20 gallon bow front tank.

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Basically: I need T5 lighting for a 20 gallon tank. Do they exist?

My LFS had T5’s for sale but it came with freshwater bulbs.
 

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Hello guys.

I’ve been procrastinating on getting lights for my 20 gallon tank because I don’t know how to it.

My DT is lit with 100% T5’s, so I really want to acclimate my corals with T5 lighting.

It’s a 20 gallon bow front tank.

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Basically: I need T5 lighting for a 20 gallon tank. Do they exist?

My LFS had T5’s for sale but it came with freshwater bulbs.
Depends on your budget I think. My budget tank has cheap 3 bulb t5 and a 80%blue 20% white LED bar.
 

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T5 is all good I keep 1 white to 1 actinic blue light. but most of the day my tank gets sun light. I am using ATI globes not sure if you get it over there still.
 

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T5 is all good I keep 1 white to 1 actinic blue light. but most of the day my tank gets sun light. I am using ATI globes not sure if you get it over there still.
Out of my 3 bulbs, I used 1 blue/white is bulb I got from the hardware store, a ATI Coral plus sort of bulb that was made for the corals, and a blue actinic sort of lights.
I have no idea of the names in english cuz getting t5 bulbs here in japan is stupidly difficult and finding the same one abrod is nyon impossible
 

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