"Adrian Brentnall" wrote in message
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You could use some LED strips like the lidl ones for £15 or from eBay.

No you couldn't!
The phosphors on aquarium tubes are chosen to provide the right spectrum
of light for fish, plants, corals etc - in some cases a mixture of
different fluorescent tubes and/or gas discharge lighting is used - LED
strips from LIDL are almost certainly not suitable.
It's not just 'a pretty light' that's required.


Yes it is.
The fish don't care.
The plants photosynthesis if there is enough light and its damn hard to
balance plants and fish anyway so most people just shove in silk/plastic
ones rather than trying to balance CO2, etc.
The coral is dead.
You chose whichever tube gives you the feeling its pretty.
I have some T5 daylight + a very white one supposedly for corals tubes
myself.