reef lighting

I am thinking about purchasing a Odyssea 30" black quad (65 W x 2) Compact Fluorescent lighting fixture for my 30 gallon aquarium so i can start a reef tank. my aquariums depth is 15.5 inches. I was wondering would it be ok for most soft corals? and if anyone has had problems with the light before. thanks for the info.

 

thats ok but later down the line ur gonna want more powerful lights just a heads up, since most ppl buy aquarium stuff twice

 

i really only want it for soft corals. ive heard some pretty weird things about them. does anyone have them or has had them

 

I know it's not a first-hand report but really I've heard a lot of problems with them. Generally speaking, especially with lighting you get what you pay for.

Coincidentally on the same page when I saw your thread right below it was this one.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-lighting/oydessa-repair-pc-light-ballast-question-67739.html

 

Odysea has had slews of issues not only with their MH fixtures but PC as well.... I personally think that its a waste of money, softies or not.... Would you go out and buy a VCR right now? Are people still buying PS1? PCs will be phased out almost entirely with in the next couple years. Even ESU the king of PC is putting T5 in their MH combo fixtures now instead of PC...

They are energy hogs, inefficient and lamps cost too much and need to be replaced too often...

But hey, I have plenty of used PC fixtures in my storage that you can have for free if you drive to Wisconsin