Lights

[AquaNuts]

I have dedicated a24 gallon Nano to my zoas--what is everyone's favorite kind of lights (for my size of tank) to intensify the colors of the zoas?

[MNGold15]

Depends on how wide the tank is. If you can fit them, do t-5's, or if it is the nanocube 24, get the new hqi lid, lol.

[AquaNuts]

Don't know what kind of tank it is---looks like a perfect square cube--has a Finnex fixture with 3 double PC on it-- it is 17 1/2 W 16 1/2 Tall and 17 1/2 deep

[MNGold15]

Personally, if it were me, I would use a 150w MH on it then. It is too short for t-5's, and the only thing that would really work is a MH. Maybe look at a sunpod fixture or something similar.

[Fish'InMN]

T5 bulbs are, at the shortest, 24 inches in length, so I think that about eliminates them from use. The tank is about 20 gallons in volume from the dimensions you listed, fwiw.

It sounds like it came with a hood with 3x 28W PCs, which is not bad at all for a tank that size. We're actually going to be connecting a 10g to our system as a softy/zoanthid tank, which will be lit by a 10K 28W PC and an actinic 28W PC. I'm interested in seeing how the colors/growth differs in this tank and in our main display, which has a 250W halide and 2x 95W VHOs.

As for a halide, you will probably get amazing growth, but you'll have to keep on top of evaporation and cooling more rigorously. Though a HQI 150W with a 14k Pheonix bulb does sound attractive...

[AquaNuts]

thanks for the info--sweet clowns in your album!!