Lighting help

[oiliaN]

need some help on choosing lights for a 55g. I plan on keeping corals once its established so I need something that would support them nicely. LED preferred, but T5 might have to be an option sure to budget. I found a couple of LED's on Amazon that people said worked well for corals, but I wanted a second opinion.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A2KUZVNQ9LP7N9
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[Reefing Madness]

I'd go with the first one you have listed

 

[oiliaN]

Well I was thinking one of each. The long one for whole tank illumination and one for more intencity over the main coral area.

 

[Reefing Madness]

How about 2 of the top one then.

 

[oiliaN]

And place one left one right? I don't know how much light corals need to grow well.

 

[TJ's Reef]

Have you looked into some of Sponsors here like 'Reef Radiance' or 'Reef Breeders' for the money they have better components and ultimately will serve you better for a longer period of time. Any of these fixtures including the E-Bay linked ones will provide more than needed light supply so you will need to educate yourself as to what intensities/placement are correct for given Coral chosen.

Cheers, Todd

 

[Reefing Madness]

And place one left one right? I don't know how much light corals need to grow well.

Exactly. That would be plenty of light for whatever you are planning on keeping.