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Unread 05/30/2014, 11:18 PM   #1
dgelz
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Will my ai sols cover this area?

Just picked up a new tank:150 gallon rimless starfire cadlights. Dimensions are 60x30deepx20tall. Will three ai sol blues give me enough coverage? What would you do?


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Unread 05/31/2014, 07:28 AM   #2
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A lot depends on what type of tank you plan on having LPS, fish only, mixed reef, or all sps corals. In general though I had AI sol super blues on my 7 x 2 x 31" tank 6 of them It was over kill. I know use 3 Hydras 52's. For a mixed tank the three should cove fine as long as you remember to keep the higher light corals towards the top and the lower light corals towards the bottom.

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Unread 05/31/2014, 01:53 PM   #3
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Like MB said, it really depends on what you intend to keep in your tank.


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Unread 05/31/2014, 02:06 PM   #4
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It all depends on your aquascape I have a 48x30x14 sps tank but I don't use all the 30" of depth so all I have to cover is 16-22" of width for my sps the rest is for swimming room and aesthetics

If wanted to you could plan your scaping/coral placement to your light spread


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