Need lighting recommendation on 6ft. softie tank

raddogz · 04/04/2007, 10:53 AM

This tank sits in my sales office for our clients and pedistrations to view (it is right in front of a commercial floor to ceiling windows).

Since it gets natural sunlight (the sun really comes in bright in the afternoon). The anemones rbta and carpet have well under the (2) 36" PC fixtures / 192 watts per fixture.

Well one of the fixtures has gone kaput, so now I have to replace both fixtures (I never really liked these JBJ fixtures anyway).

The tank is or will mainly softies (or will be now that the Emperor Angel is gone) and at some point I would like to move to lps in the future.

There is no canopy for this tank so retrofits are not possible. The fixture cannot be hung/suspended either.

72" fixtures would be nice, but there seems to slim pickings.

Suggestions and comments are welcome.

andyjd · 04/04/2007, 11:33 AM

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Andy

04/04/2007, 10:53 AM	#1
raddogz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,167	Need lighting recommendation on 6ft. softie tank This tank sits in my sales office for our clients and pedistrations to view (it is right in front of a commercial floor to ceiling windows). Since it gets natural sunlight (the sun really comes in bright in the afternoon). The anemones rbta and carpet have well under the (2) 36" PC fixtures / 192 watts per fixture. Well one of the fixtures has gone kaput, so now I have to replace both fixtures (I never really liked these JBJ fixtures anyway). The tank is or will mainly softies (or will be now that the Emperor Angel is gone) and at some point I would like to move to lps in the future. There is no canopy for this tank so retrofits are not possible. The fixture cannot be hung/suspended either. 72" fixtures would be nice, but there seems to slim pickings. Suggestions and comments are welcome. __________________ Eileen If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. - Quentin Crisp Current Tank Info: 180g Reef

04/04/2007, 11:33 AM	#2
andyjd International Nomad Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dunedin, NZ Posts: 1,147	www.reefgeek.com for some T5 advice Andy