LED Lighting Needed for Soft Corals in 60 gal Tank

[MountainAsh87]

The subject line kind of says it all.

I'm setting up my first reef. Planning on fish and soft corals with 3" or less of sand substrate in a 25" tall tank.

Wattage on LEDs seems to be wildly different than wattage on standard lights, so I'm baffled about what kind of LEDs I'd need for the setup described.

Halp?

[54seaweed]

your looking for a led with 3w per led minimum
something like this is your best choice for the buck
Galaxyhydro-55x3w-Dimmable

[cgthebeast]

That's what I use and it lets me keep a variety of diffrent corals

[MountainAsh87]

Perfect! Thank you both.

[Sniperhank]

Well, the 3 watt per gallon is slightly a myth...but it sure puts you in the ballpark with the assumption. Doesn't change that that is a great unit.