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moneytank
Mon, 15th Oct 2007, 08:03 PM
I built a pico tank and its 12" wide, any suggestions for a light? Tank is 2.7 gallons
Ross
Mon, 15th Oct 2007, 10:26 PM
400w mh


jk.

what do you wanna keep softies?
MissT
Mon, 15th Oct 2007, 10:59 PM
If you only want to keep softies and LPS, there are lots of small power compact fixtures available. If you need something more powerful, you could hang like a 70w MH 8-10" above the tank.
Headless_donkey
Tue, 16th Oct 2007, 08:20 AM
nano-reef.com (http://www.nano-reef.com)
This forum will give you more then enough ideas
erikharrison
Tue, 16th Oct 2007, 09:41 AM
K2-Viper, they make a 70w MH and a 150. Nice little clamp on!
RayAllen
Tue, 16th Oct 2007, 09:58 AM
The Vipers are great but for a 2.7g tank a MH is not needed. a Clamp on Power Compact is what most do with the pico tanks. A 36watt PC will give you 13watts per gallon. As mention above though check out www.nano-reef.com (http://www.nano-reef.com) and click on the pico section. Those guys will have all the info you need
alton
Tue, 16th Oct 2007, 10:37 AM
CFL will be fine