Help choosing a reef light

[Thorn Walthall]

I'm new to the hobby and have a 220 gal fowlr and had it running for little over a Yr bought it all set up and running I'm wanting to add some coral but having a hard time on choosing the right light for my setup any help will help

 

[Mrc8858]

What are the dimensions of the tank and what direction would you like to go with the corals. Also if you have a budget what are you looking at cause reef lighting can't get very pricey.

 

[Thorn Walthall]

Its 60"l 40" w 40" d I'm not really sure on the corals my favorite is the frog spawn and aneomes I like the flowing type of coral but anything with lots of color catches my eye I like

 

[Thorn Walthall]

I would like to stay 300 or below but if I can get something that will work much better for a little more I would go that route

 

[Mrc8858]

Your gonna have a lot of trouble finding any light that can grow coral at 40" under $300. You'll need leds or MH to light that depth and I would say if your on a budget you'll need to get 2-3 taotonics fixtures

 

[Thorn Walthall]

Im sorry I gave you the wrong measurements after I measured it didn't look to be that big its 60 l 30 w and 22 d I was think a 48" light would work that's what's on it now just a flouresent fixture but it lights the tank well

 

[Mrc8858]

For your price range and depth I'd still say taotonics dimmable kind

 

[Thorn Walthall]

Where is the best place to purchase those at

 

[Mrc8858]

I'm not sure there's a bunch of people on here using them so post a new thread about em and I know you'll get some responses in no time

 

[Thorn Walthall]

After reading a lot of reviews on that fixture I'm not sure that's the light for me due to the fans being super noisy