Best lighting?

[Joe Pulliam]

I just joined the group and I started a 30 gallon bowfront about a week ago. The tank came with marine land LED light but it's pretty weak. The lights have been off as the tank is cycling but I wanted to know what you guys thought would be the best bang for my buck lights I could get, I plan on growing some small coral and anemones. Thanks!

 

[Fishon]

What type of coral? Lps, sps, paly?

 

[Joe Pulliam]

I'm thinking sps and paly but in not totally sure. I have heard there are some good lights that can do pretty much everything but can totally break the bank.

 

[Fishon]

You can find some good deals on LEDs, I personally would recommend MH or t5 but it's all preferance.

 

[Reefing Madness]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/165W-Dimmab...845?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8fc9fb55

 

[jsker]

I went with Current orbit marine LEDs. After six months I am very happy.

 

[NanaReefer]

These guys are a sponsor of R2R [emoji2] Awesome lights, great customer service and pretty popular here.
http://reefradiance.com

 

[Joe Pulliam]

Cool now I have options to throw my wallet at! My wife if going to kill me. "I promise salt water doesn't cost nearly the same as freshwater does." I didn't lie.

 

[Joe Pulliam]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/165W-Dimmab...845?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8fc9fb55

How are they?

 

[Reefing Madness]

Great, I run em on my tank.

 

[OceansTreasure1231]

Metal Halides are the way to go!!!

 

[hybridazn]

The most important thing in this hobby is knowing your budget. No matter what it is you can find proper lighting to do what you want to do. Be it halides, t5, led.

 

[steve&mari]

We're running the ocean revive t247 and have been very happy after 3 months. I've gotten multiple babies on zoas and acans and favia is growing like crazy. Haven't added any sps seeing tanks been cycled for only 3 months so letting it mature before sps. Ocean revive is also a sponsor here.