Hi everyone,
I'm new here and have some questions about lighting. I have adopted a 12g Aquapod from a teenager who had it stocked with live rock, live sand, a clownfish, a blue damsel, and some turbo snails. I added some crabs and smaller snails for the clean up crew (and man do they do a nice job!). Anyway, I guess I lucked out because the water quality is great, and now I'd like to add some corals.
It sounds like halide lighting is the way to go if I want to grow anything other than soft corals. But my question is, what's the best lighting set up for a 12g Aquapod?
I've read great things about the SunPod 16.5" but can't find it for sale anywhere. Is there anything comparable out there? Does anyone use the JBJ viper 70w? It doesn't look like there are any retrofits for the Aquapod 12 for modifying the canopy, so I'm planning to just take it off and put some eggcrate or other screen type material over the top (I have cats... cats I don't trust, so I don't want to leave it completely open).
Thanks for any input you guys have.
Best,
Kendra