Wattage

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Underpar
 
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Wattage

by Underpar

I have a 10 gallon tank with a coupe of Clowns , invertabrates live rock and want to add some Corals going. Is there anything wrong with having too much wattage. I want to but a power compact to fit my tank and found a 4 bulb unit with 96 watts. Is that too much. Thanks for the help


fihsboy
 
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by fihsboy

The only problem is you will have to acclimate your corals to the intensified lighting. It just depends. I have almost 400 watts of T5HO and Metal Halides over my tank........I HAVE to acclimate my corals to the lighting or they bleach and die. I would say it just depends on what corals........and with PC bulbs......your not going to burn anything....

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