Thinking of changing my light setup

Redbellyjx · 09/29/2007, 05:00 PM

im re-setting up my tank after it crashed the beginning of the summer. it is a 6ft 125 gallon. my current lighting system has 3 150 watt (10K) DE HQI hallides and 4 96 watt atinics. I was able to keep SPS alive but they never flourished.

would a 3x 400 Watt SE 20K with no atinic supllementation be suffiecient?

i sure would hope so. would i even be able to get away with 2 400 watt pendants?

thanks in advance
John

chessmanmark · 09/29/2007, 06:56 PM

400 seems like overkill, however if you want to use 20K then I'd say that's the one time to rationalize the 400s. Have you considered T5?

09/29/2007, 05:00 PM	#1
Redbellyjx Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Area Posts: 245	Thinking of changing my light setup im re-setting up my tank after it crashed the beginning of the summer. it is a 6ft 125 gallon. my current lighting system has 3 150 watt (10K) DE HQI hallides and 4 96 watt atinics. I was able to keep SPS alive but they never flourished. would a 3x 400 Watt SE 20K with no atinic supllementation be suffiecient? i sure would hope so. would i even be able to get away with 2 400 watt pendants? thanks in advance John

09/29/2007, 06:56 PM	#2
chessmanmark Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New York Posts: 927	400 seems like overkill, however if you want to use 20K then I'd say that's the one time to rationalize the 400s. Have you considered T5?