NO actinic worth using?

hagfish

Active Member
I have a 72 gallon bowfront reef that currently has 2 250 watt mh's and 2 55 watt actinic pc's mounted on the back of my DIY hood. I would like to add some actinic to the front of the hood too largely because the overflow in the back blocks a lot of light from my current actinics. I have a 48" NO fixture that I could gut and install into my hood with a new actinic bulb. Is it worth using that? Or should I get a VHO or more PC's?
I don't really care about the extra light as far as helping my corals to grow because I feel I have plenty now. Just want to provide some actinic supplementation at a different angle.
 

sly

Active Member
IMO the NO Actinics won't do anything. I have the same tank... It is too tall for NO lighting to be effective in any way unless you had some coral at the very top right under the light then it might help some. They might be more usefull on a small refugium or a nano tank.
 
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