Lighting Question

[reefman888]

I'm putting in one metal halide(175 w) single end bulb with 2 flor actinics in my tank. I can only put in one bulb, what k would be best as to the health and growth of sps?

 

[Len]

You'll get a variety of opinions, but with actinics, I prefer 10,000K MH. It's the best balance of PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) and color IME.

 

[Anonymous]

I am also a fan of the 10kk plus actinics.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree as well, I was able to have 2 MH so I went with a higher K but if I had only one it would have been a 10k with some pc actintics.