48" Tek Light T5 on 60" tank

tony098 · 02/23/2006, 05:57 PM

I like the Tek fixtures but they don't make 60". How does their 48" fixture work on a 5' tank?

sjj729 · 02/23/2006, 07:04 PM

I have a 4' maristar fixture on my 5' tank and don't even notice the lighting being dimmer on the two edges. I have no regrets going this way.

Kernel Panic · 02/23/2006, 07:21 PM

sjj729 -

I am looking for a lighting solution for the 60x24 I am planning.

How deep is your tank? Are you running 2 150s or 250s? What corals do you keep?

Thanks

sjj729 · 02/23/2006, 07:30 PM

My tank is 5'x2'x2' I have the fixture about 12" above the water level. The fixture is a maristar 48" with (2) 250 watt phoenix bulbs and (2) 54 watt geissman blue plus. My tank is a combination of soft, lps, and starting sps corals. I have to start the sps low in the tank and gradually raise them over the course of a couple weeks as to not shock them from the lights and bleach them. The fixture was on the expensive side but I am pleased with its performance.

Jeff

Kernel Panic · 02/23/2006, 09:24 PM

Jeff
Thanks so much for the info. I have really been struggling with what to do for a 60"tank. Mine will only be 20" deep so I figured 2 250s should be plenty of light. I have been considering the Pheonix 14k strongly. A lot of peopel seem to really like them.
I am planning on keeping LPS (brain, blasto, acans), SPS (Montipora, Stylophora, maybe acropora), Zoos, Maybe ricordea
Again, thanks
Kevin

dominick33 · 02/24/2006, 01:28 PM

Will you be using a chiller?

#99 · 02/24/2006, 01:51 PM

I have used the 48" tek light on a 60" tank, the ends of the tank were deeper but kept about 6 rbta's alive.
Matt

tony098 · 02/24/2006, 02:38 PM

no chiller

02/23/2006, 05:57 PM	#1
tony098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 161	48" Tek Light T5 on 60" tank I like the Tek fixtures but they don't make 60". How does their 48" fixture work on a 5' tank?

02/23/2006, 07:04 PM	#2
sjj729 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wilkes-Barre PA Posts: 52	I have a 4' maristar fixture on my 5' tank and don't even notice the lighting being dimmer on the two edges. I have no regrets going this way.

02/23/2006, 07:21 PM	#3
Kernel Panic Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 140	sjj729 - I am looking for a lighting solution for the 60x24 I am planning. How deep is your tank? Are you running 2 150s or 250s? What corals do you keep? Thanks

02/23/2006, 07:30 PM	#4
sjj729 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wilkes-Barre PA Posts: 52	My tank is 5'x2'x2' I have the fixture about 12" above the water level. The fixture is a maristar 48" with (2) 250 watt phoenix bulbs and (2) 54 watt geissman blue plus. My tank is a combination of soft, lps, and starting sps corals. I have to start the sps low in the tank and gradually raise them over the course of a couple weeks as to not shock them from the lights and bleach them. The fixture was on the expensive side but I am pleased with its performance. Jeff

02/23/2006, 09:24 PM	#5
Kernel Panic Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 140	Jeff Thanks so much for the info. I have really been struggling with what to do for a 60"tank. Mine will only be 20" deep so I figured 2 250s should be plenty of light. I have been considering the Pheonix 14k strongly. A lot of peopel seem to really like them. I am planning on keeping LPS (brain, blasto, acans), SPS (Montipora, Stylophora, maybe acropora), Zoos, Maybe ricordea Again, thanks Kevin

02/24/2006, 01:28 PM	#6
dominick33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 68	Will you be using a chiller?

02/24/2006, 01:51 PM	#7
#99 Moved On Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 119	I have used the 48" tek light on a 60" tank, the ends of the tank were deeper but kept about 6 rbta's alive. Matt

02/24/2006, 02:38 PM	#8
tony098 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 161	no chiller