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yeah....2X55watts...is not enough light...hammars and frogspawns might require more light..and later on u will see something u like..
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Well I hate to burst ones bubble here, there's a lot of belief out there that SPS and LPS will only live and grow under MH lighting.
For larger and deeper tanks this does hold truth, however for a 33gl reef I am 100% positive that you would be able to keep almost anything under HO T5's or PC's.
A tank of this length and depth would reguire no more than HO T5's in my opinion. My tank has a 33 footprint and all I have is normal output tubes-yes a whopping 90watts=3 per gallon. By the time you add sand and rockwork, one should have more than enough areas to keep softies, LPS, and
yes even SPS
For the last three years I have fragged my Frogspawn and Hammer corals numerous times and have probably sold or traded around 70-80 frags just of these two corals. Below are to images, the first taken in July when I fragged the mother colony, the second in November. After only four months the mother colony had produced more crowns and full extension was back
As for the MH issue, I'm not saying that they are not brilliant lights, because if my tank was 6" deeper and 3ft longer then I would be running MH without a doubt. I'm simply stating that for a 33gl they might be a bit overkill. When you decide to upgade to a larger tank, chances are you wouldn't use a single MH fixture and the system may be outdated by then, where as if you used T5's or PC's now- you could use them again for your actinic spectrum later. JMO
