What is considered high lighting?

[anthonygaliazzo]

How much watts/gallon is considered good enough lightning for sps corals such as acropora?

 

[bribo12]

For t5 I'd say 5 w/gallon. Leds don't really apply that way.

 

[carey]

You cant go by watts per gallon. It depends on the fixture and what type of lighting you are looking at. What do you have in mind?

 

[Calqless]

I got the Fluval Sea full spectrum Marine and Reef.

Product Review: Hagen Fluval Sea LED Light - reefs.com


but im not sure how the lighting works with LED, i use 4x T5ho on my FW planted tanks.

 

[carey]

The fluval sea led doesnt have enough punch to keep higher light corals though.

 

[Holygral]

its only pushing 42 watts?

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

I have 2 dual 65 watts t5's one 10000k and one actinic plus have a led band with 4 3w leds 2 white and 2 blues. 35 gallon tank, 18 inch high

 

[bribo12]

I have 2 dual 65 watts t5's one 10000k and one actinic plus have a led band with 4 3w leds 2 white and 2 blues. 35 gallon tank, 18 inch high

Those are power compacts. I'd say you have low-medium light. You will need much more for acros

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Is fluo compact the same as power compact?

 

[Animal-Chin]

I dont think anything less that 6 T5's could support acro properly. Those new RedSea plug and play aquariums come with 12 T5's and sps do well under them but that's 12 48 inch bulbs which is just insane IMO. That's like $300 every nine months on bulbs....yikes...

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Could montipora do fine? How about other sps? Do i really need to stick with lps or i can manage avfew species of sps?

 

[Gregcoyote]

Depends somewhat on the acro. Some require less light than others do.

 

[bribo12]

You could try montipora. If that grows for ya then go to birdsnest. Then maybe pocillopora or stylophora. Slowly work your way into more difficult sps

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Il look into it thanks for advice!

 

[Animal-Chin]

Grab a frag of Montipora from the LFS and try it out,couldn't hurt. Too bad you're on the other side of Canada of I'd frag ya some myself...

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Thanks i got a reef addict i know who sells me corals 3 times cheaper than my lfs

 

[tonedogz]

I wouldnt use power compacts there a thing of the past and to expensive when buying bulbs and get very hot and use more electricity. Look at the taotronics led fixtures you will be able to keep anything under them.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Dimmable 120 watt led fixtures are now online for $99 and free shipping. It's almost crazy to consider anything else. If the panel has a problem (which most don't) then they are cheap enough to just buy another one. There are also full spectrum panels for about twice that cost if that's your favorite look. With either of these, you can grow pretty much what you want. And they burn without getting dimmer for 5 years or more. They don't heat your water up, the advantages go on and on.

 

[anthonygaliazzo]

Wow 100$?! Can i know the name of these leds and the site where you can buy it from?

 

[jwh0818]

Wow 100$?! Can i know the name of these leds and the site where you can buy it from?

EBay!!! Type 120watt dimmable led