10 gal nano lighting

[makana]

I have the same size tank and had a really hard time finding a light that small that would handle the corals I wanted. Some of the coralife PC lights are 20" long but the highest wattage is 96. I have seen a 24" t5 on a 20" tank with legs. I don't know if that was stock or not but it is possible. The sunlight tek t5 is a really nice light but I think it has to hang.

I know heat is an issue but the jbj viper metal halide lights look pretty good. I was looking at that for my tank.

[Snaz]

The coralife PC bulbs in my experience are great. My 12 gallon has 1 x 26w Actinic and 1 x 26w Daylight 50/50. These two little 13 inch bulbs are able to grow SPS Monitopra digitata sp. among other things quite well in my nano.

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[ElGuappo]

i will get you a pic of my 10g tommorrow when the lights come on. i use a glow HOT5 2x24w and a coral life NO t5 24"j (just under $200). i have also got a 15 g that i run 2 2x24w glo units (about $235).

[bignose]

PC bulbs do work this was on my 10G nano

50/50 96W coralife PC fixture

[JPotter]

Thank you.13" bulbs would be great. What unit do you have them in and how does it attach to the aquarium. Could you put up a tank view and where does on get the balast, stand and bulbs.

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by JPotter

Thank you.13" bulbs would be great. What unit do you have them in and how does it attach to the aquarium. Could you put up a tank view and where does on get the balast, stand and bulbs.

My lights are the stock Aquapod hood. Nanotuner.com sells parts and upgrades so you can build your own fixtures easily enough. Look especially at the AP upgrade packages, they offer PDF files with great instructions on how to wire up the ballasts etc.

http://www.nanotuners.com/advanced_s...x=0&search.y=0

[ElGuappo]

My 10 G tank




THe lights

[JPotter]

Thanks for all the info and pics. I am no do it yourselfer so putting together lights seems a huge thing to me..I may burn down the house. It seems J&L have the 20" coralife fixture,bulbs 96 watt 50/50 and legs.
Some seem to think these will do OK (others feel they are useless). I set this up just because I had the tank already..sitting empty. I also have a 120 gal, a 29 BioCube and 30 gal glass tank. I thought a tiny tank would be interesting to try

[BlueAbyss]

I have a thing for 10 gallon tanks (see my tank thread) and I've seen a number of really great ones on NR, I think with your planned lighting you should be okay for at least some SPS. Some people do well with PC fluorescents, others hate them... I prefer metal halide personally, though it definitely has its drawbacks.

What I like most about this [my 10 gallon] is all the really tiny stuff that you need to get close to see... you would never notice some of this stuff in a 120

[gothicbunny]

If you aren't growing any high lighting demand corals, try an incandescent hood with 2 of the coralife 20W 50/50 screw in PC lights. You may have to keep an eye on the temperature, but they haven't cooked my tank yet.