WTB: any 18" or 20" light setup - CF or T5HO

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Stevey87

If you are planning on having corals and if you buy compact f lights, you are literally throwing your money away. Once you get into LPS corals or higher you will realize you will need T5HO or better.

I disagree. Certainly corals will do better with better light but I am growing SPS with CF lights.

[aquajeep]

my mom actually has that same 96w compact on her cube tank.grows softies well but she is limited and color of the 50/50 is so so.im building her a hood that will retain the compacts and add some fiji purples or a double ended hqi.id suggest to find a used electronic ballast and go from there.dont be like me and buy compacts just to toss em aside later and buy HO or halides.

[Ekliptix]

Thanks guys. I ended up buying some lights off a member here. They are the 96watt compacts but a) I got a good deal, b) they're a gift, and c) they're a massive improvement over the 19 watts in her tank before.