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Bulb color comparison [x]
Some nice pictures of different bulb configurations to help you decide which looks best to you.

Chapter 3 - Reef System Lighting - What to Buy & Why [x]
An About.com article on reef aquarium lighting.

Coral Reef Eco-Systems [x]
Online discount lighting Depot also selling tank raised corals

Fish Only Lighting [x]
An About.com article that focuses on the lighting needs of a fish-only saltwater aquarium.

Light Energy [x]
A 1997 article on light energy by Sam Gable, on Aquarium.net

Lighting Cost Guide [x]
A summary of some lighting costs.

Lighting For the Reef Tank [x]
June 1997 talk on reefs by Albert Thiel.

Lighting the Reef Aquarium: Spectrum or Intensity? [x]
February 2002 article in Advanced Aquarist by Dana Riddle and Miguel Olaizola. This one started quite a debate on which is more important, which is still raging.

Lighting Your Marine Invertebrates: Reef Lighting Without Controversy! [x]
An article by Anthony Calfo on Wet Web Media

Photosynthesis/Irradiance (P/I) Curves and Why They Are Important to ReefKeepers [x]
From a September 1999 talk on #reefs by Dana Riddle and Andy Amussen.

Reef Aquarium Lighting for Healthy Invertebrates [x]
From the May/June 1990 AFM by J. Charles Delbeek. A basic guide to lighting a reef. Some things have changed in the last 10 years so read more than just this, but this article is still good for learning the basics.

Stony Coral Pigments, Algae Pigments and Captive Lighting [x]
Talk on #reefs by Steve Tyree

The Effect of Light on the Behaviour and Well Being of Marine Fish: Who Shut Off the Lights? [x]
By J. Charles Delbeek from a 1986 issue of ATOLL.

The Properties of Light [x]
March 2002 article in Reefkeeping by Andrew Trevor-Jones. Discusses the following: What is light?, Reflection and Refraction, Light Intensity, The Colour of Light, Absorption of Light, Colour Temperature, Colour Rendition Index (CRI)