Lighting Advice for Tank Upgrade

cmart28 · 02/04/2008, 04:51 PM

I just got an Oceanic 215 with the center brace in the middle so I am trying to decide on lighting. Because of the center brace I was thinking of putting two islands on each side of the tank. Right now I am thinking of going with 250W Double Ended MH with T5s. I am going to keep mainly SPS. I am thinking of having two pendants because I will have no corals under the center brace. I am looking at the Sunlight Supply LumenMax 3 Pendants and the PFO 250 watt Dual HQI Metal Halide Ballast. For the T5s I don't know if I should go with 2 lamps or 4 and either two 24" Retro Kits or 2 36" Retro Kits. I am looking at the Icecap 36" 2 Lamp T5 Retro Kit. Let me know what you guys think.

02/04/2008, 04:51 PM	#1
cmart28 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 269	Lighting Advice for Tank Upgrade I just got an Oceanic 215 with the center brace in the middle so I am trying to decide on lighting. Because of the center brace I was thinking of putting two islands on each side of the tank. Right now I am thinking of going with 250W Double Ended MH with T5s. I am going to keep mainly SPS. I am thinking of having two pendants because I will have no corals under the center brace. I am looking at the Sunlight Supply LumenMax 3 Pendants and the PFO 250 watt Dual HQI Metal Halide Ballast. For the T5s I don't know if I should go with 2 lamps or 4 and either two 24" Retro Kits or 2 36" Retro Kits. I am looking at the Icecap 36" 2 Lamp T5 Retro Kit. Let me know what you guys think.