lighting

[Janus]

We are in the process of setting up a seahorse tank and were wondering what wattage of lighting to get for it.

We have a 25 gallon tall thats 18" high and were looking for T5 lights.

no real plans for any coral except possibly some zoas.

I have seen 24" T5 fixtures for sale and found some 24 watt systems but was not sure if that would be enough.

[oceancube]

well if you want to just go with seahorses, i think you will do fine with powercompacts, though i think vho will give you better coralline algea growth and a bit better color, or even a small 75-100watt viper light would really bring out the colors of your inhabitans.. really a prefrence!!!!

[Headless_donkey]

We have T5 lighting on our seahorse tank and it is great. It has 2 24" 24 watts lamps with individual reflectors. It is a TEK Nova retrofit. We will never go back to power compact.