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09/15/2010, 11:30 AM
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150g Tall Tank and AquaticLife T5HO 6 Lamp
I have a 150gallon tank and wanted to get opinions on if this is enough lighting for my reef tank and what types of coral i could consider putting on my stocking list.
lighting i have The aquatic Life 6 lamp T5HO system with LED moon lights (3) 48" T5 HO 54W Actinic / Blue Lamps (3) 48" T5 HO 54W 10,000K Lamps (4) 1W Lunar LED's Tank dimentions are 48" long x 24 inches wide by 30 inches deep. I understand that some of the more light demanding spoecimines will need to be positioned higher in the tank but i wanted to see if i need to rethink the lighting to keep any corals at all or what you think i could keep in the system with this lighting. Thanks |
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09/15/2010, 11:47 AM
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Raise The Reef!
 
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SPS will have to be in the upper third of the tank. Sofites will be fine in the lower third. Anything on the sand bed will suffer IMO. With the fixture only being a 6 bulb on a 24 inch tank you will need to be careful where you place things. Keep the higher light stuff under the bulbs.
A lower end T5 unit just won't punch 30 inches of water with any real power. Changing the bulbs out to good ATI bulbs will make quite the difference.
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09/15/2010, 11:59 AM
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what combination of ATI bulbs should i get?
Lower end T5 Unit? I paid over $500 for it from marinedepot. /sigh guess i should have went DIY or something |
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09/15/2010, 01:23 PM
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Ok just ordered
2 ATI1105 54W Aquablue Special 3 ATI1113 54W Blue Plus 1 ATI1129 54W Purple Plus from reef geeks. how would you recomend i run the cycle with these bulbes? |
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09/15/2010, 01:34 PM
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Asking a quick question on here would have let you know everything you wanted to know about them. They are slightly better than the Current USA stuff but a Tek will still beat it output wise. For the Bulbs I would do something like ATI Blue Plus ATI Purple Plus ATI Blue Plus ATI Aquablue ATI Blue Plus ATI Aquablue
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