Power Compacts & Compact Flourescent Lights, the same thing???

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  1. Yatinee

    Yatinee Plankton

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    Are they the same thing??? I just bought a JBJ 24g Nano Cube Deluxe with (2) 36 Watt 50/50 CF Lamp w/ Remote Ballast + (2) Nite Vu LED Moonlights. If I wanted to get "better" lights, is it as easy as getting new bulbs? I really just wanted to have LPS, soft, mushrooms, maybe a clam... is this sufficient? I want happy corals!
     
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  2. inwall75

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    yes

    PC and CF's are the same thing
     
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  3. GuitarMan89

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    You should be ok with the soft corals, mushrooms and some lps, but the clam may be a different story, they require very high light.
     
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  4. Yatinee

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    Thanks all! This was my very first post! Back on lights, the bulbs I have are 10k... are 65k "brighter"/"stronger"??
     
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  5. inwall75

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    Yes, but it will make your water look very yellow
     
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