Is my Lighting enough??

[leo@adri]

i have a 48 inch light fixture which contains 2 48 inch actinic bulbs and 2 48 inch 10000k bulbs on a 55 gallon tank. will that be enough lighting to support corals please let me know thanks.

[myjohnson]

Yeah, that light can grow soft corals in that tank dept.

[eklikewhoa]

What kind of bulbs? If theres four I'm assuming either T5 or standard T8

I would look into swapping the actinics to give more light power

[myjohnson]

O, if those are t5....it should grow anything but coral placement is key.

[leo@adri]

thanks for all the info

very much appreciated

[eklikewhoa]

What kind of light is it?

[myjohnson]

Lol, total disregard....

Not all lights are created equal.

[eklikewhoa]

I've been watching a lot of netflix lately and think I'm phsychic now... must have telepathically conversated with him.

[leo@adri]

the light is a coralife and the bulbs say t5ho (also coralife brand) on them the fixture is 48 in on a 55 gallon tank

[myjohnson]

The fixture has independant reflectors for each bulb right?

[eklikewhoa]

They don't on the coralife fixture.

If you have all daylight bulbs on that fixture I would say you could do most soft coral/nems and if placement is right(like mj stated) some hard sps/lps.

[leo@adri]

do u think the light would b strong enough for anemones

[eklikewhoa]

What kind of light is it first off?

[leo@adri]

are u talking about brand??

[eklikewhoa]

Brand/type/wattage