Saltwater Aquarium - Lighting

[omgtkseth]

I would call them 'dimensions', rather than components... I have a question, can I use saltwater lightning for a fish-only non-saltwater aquarium? Will it harm the fish? 

[99krazyboi]

can someone answer me this. wat can a 48 watt support. like wat kind of corals or anemone. and tell me wat those corals and anemone eats too. thank you. =D

[Aviator1510]

This guy's cool. Better than the speakers at expert village.

[betrekwoman]

@Aviator1510 expert village is the village idiot.

[procharged70cutlass]

notice he said qualified, this guy isnt qualified to pull his jock down

[schwa6970]

What you are saying about cramming a bunch of bulbs under the hood is wrong. No matter how many Normal output lamps you use they will never produce the par needed for a reef. One thing you forgot to mention is with any Fluorescent bulb a reflector is almost always needed.

[YoshiNomsChu]

@schwa6970

While true, he is talking about the wattage needed per gallon. 0.5-1 for a FO and 3-5 for a FOWLR. If one bulb was the same nm as reef lights yet it did not have enough wattage, you could put more light to cover a bigger surface and to meet the wpg requirements.

[h1n1v1rus]

so let me get this stright and someone let me know

for most tropical fish you dont need to put a reef in your tank.. the fish can surrvive without them

[FarRightFred]

@h1n1v1rus yes thats correct. You don't need a reef for most tropical fish. Just good filtration.

[MrMMABoy]

How much is 30 watt ... to K? plz reply

[lesterclaypool1]

K is a way we measure the type of frequencie of light ,,, for instance i use 5500 Kelvin degrees metal arc halaide 1000 watt [ its blue light ] but does appear blue ,,, its just the way we measure it ,,, so if you were to put it through a prism the band of blue would be thicker in the [ rain bow ] that come out the other side of the prism ,,,, does that make sence ? i dont know how or where hes getting his light ratings from but i have never seen a 10, 000 k light bulb for floresent

[sgtbarone]

great video. all the other salt water aquarium videos try to scare me out of getting one

[acerb45666555]

2- that heavy wooden lid on yer tank freaks me out! its too much weight! add it to the weight of the water and thats huge pressure on that glass!!

[Kellyrt]

lol are you a retard?

[acerb45666555]

Kellyrt..............are you trash! now fuck off and stay away from my page! "retard"!!

[acerb45666555]

lights are ok if yer havin company and wish to show off yer fishies, but usually, i use no lights. they like the murky low light in my room. and they fight less!

[crazybeavers155]

can i use led for my salt water reef

[lesterclaypool1]

how does it work for you ? i ve heard of them but have nt used them

[crazybeavers155]

@lesterclaypool1 ok but u have to use a stornger light

[lesterclaypool1]

so a 1000 watt metal acr haliade isnt enough power ? flouresent tubes are 30 watts ,,,, so what do you sugest ? what flouresent is stronger than this ?

[crazybeavers155]

@lesterclaypool1 no metal acr haliade a 25 watt cfl two of them one blue and one wihte light ok use a compact filter that u hang on the back of tank

with all stages and a 3 gal hex or etc use a 25w heater the one u have to put in the tank and a small power head

[iJonel]

this is an informative video.

Thanks!

[MP1269]

Is there any danger in using a blacklight from time to time for an hour or so in a FOWLR tank?

[bookoodiggydow]

i dont think so.. why?

[lesterclaypool1]

yes ,,, black light produces uv light and uv light actually kills the algae that lives in corals and anemones and also kills beneficial bacteria