Lighting for My 20gal that will support soft corals and anemonies

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  1. gusg011

    gusg011 Astrea Snail

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    Hello All,

    Presently I have a 20 gal setup and running. I have a 24in Coralife compact florescent. I eventually want to have more softcorals, and an anemonie for my clowns. From what I have read so far on this site is that a carpet anemonie will grow to fast for this tank and will eat fish. I was also told that the anemonie will not like the compact florescent that I have. What type of light do you all suggest for coral and anemonies? Is there a T5 that will fit a 20gal tank. I think, but not sure that MH will be overkill for this tank and will heat up the tank rapidly. Let me know what you all think. I definitely want more than fish in my reef tank, but I don't want the things that need bright light to start dying because I have the wrong light. All help and suggests are greatly appreciated.

    Thanks;D
     
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  3. WuWu

    WuWu Feather Star

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    I've got a 150w mh over my 20 gal long. It doest affect temp too much
     
  4. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    70w viper MH clip on light probly would do the trick. I think there around 150 bucks..
     
  5. gusg011

    gusg011 Astrea Snail

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    Thanks for the info. I am going to look into and upgrade.

    Thanks again.
     
  6. gusg011

    gusg011 Astrea Snail

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    Thanks for the information. I am going to look into it and upgrade.

    Thanks again.