What types of coral can you have with a 216 watt t5 light?

[Ryan5]

I'm wanting to start putting corals in my 50 gallon tank but Im not sure which light to use I found a few of these 216 watt t5 lights around and was wondering how good they were and if there were any restrictions on what types of corals I could put in the tank if I had got this kind of light? Any help is much appreciative. Thanks!

 

[bigben2057]

It depends on how many bulbs are in the lamp. How many can it hold?

 

[bavass]

i would sat softies and LPS

 

[Ryan5]

It depends on how many bulbs are in the lamp. How many can it hold?

Most of the ones I was looking at had 4 bulbs it could hold

 

[Mrc8858]

You could keep sps in the top 1/3 of the tank if they are individual reflectors..how deep is the tank 21"?

 

[bavass]

Current nova extreme pro has 6 x 54w

 

[Ryan5]

You could keep sps in the top 1/3 of the tank if they are individual reflectors..how deep is the tank 21"?

Ok I want to be able to keep coral in any part of the tank what kind of lighting is best for that?

 

[bavass]

The nova extreme pro 6x54w bulb T5 324w fixture you should be able to keep sps anywhere in the tank in a 50g thats 6.5w per gallon or you could just add a metal halide