[chefkevin]

One area of starting an aquarium that I have been able to find very sparce information on is lighting. I am going to be starting a 72 gallon bow front mbuna tank soon (48") and wondered if this light (in 48" obviously) is overkill or adequate? The tank will not be planted, just fish, sand, and rock. I don't want to stress the fish out by overdoing the light so any advice would be great. Thanks,

-Kevin

P.S I apologize if this should've gone in "Equipment" but i figured since the tank is malawi specific it'd be okay here

 

[bmills]

My own view for what its worth is that you only need one 65W tube, not 2, for a non-planted Mbuna tank.

In my own aquarium I run one tube which is a little under 1W per gallon, and (like yours) which is 50% 10K white and 50% acitinic blue. It looks awesome by the way, much better than all white.

Hopefully you can order the unit - which loooks great overall with moon-lights and all - and simply take out one of the tubes to keep as a spare/replacement.