coralife lights

smbuddy46

smbuddy46

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i was wanting to upgrade my lighting on my 125. coralife has a 72in. unit that has 2 96 watt 10000k and 2 96 watt actinic. would this enough light for some corals down the road.
 
mpls man

mpls man

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In my opinion i would wait and go with MH's for that size tank, well worth it, i have 542 watts on my 75, i would go with a lot more for futre corals?? , do a search to see what others have for a 125.
 
snipe

snipe

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SmBuddy First nice to see a somewhat local guy in the forum. Where in missouri are you located? Also I have talked with ppl who have used 230 watts on a 80 gallon and there sps have done fine. You just have to place them up on top of your live rock to work. I am currently going to go with your setup you have for lights and they should work fine here is a link to the forum were it took place.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...hreadid=135988
This thread helped me out tons! hope it helps you to.
 
snipe

snipe

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Look at the bottom. ALot of ppl on there only have 260 watts of pc and have SPS. I am going to have 440Watts of pc. And theres is 260 on a 80 gallon mine is going to be 440watts on a 55.
 
smbuddy46

smbuddy46

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i live agency missouri which is right outside of st. joseph. thanks for the advice i'm still a little confused there are too many options, and the only real right is expensive right now. thanks
 
snipe

snipe

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Very strong lighting is important, use one 175w metal halide light for each two foot of tank space. Or use about four watts per gallon of power compact lighting, this is the equivalent of about eight watts per gallon of VHO lighting.
This is what I found on a website. Hope it helps.
 
flatzboy

flatzboy

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Originally posted by Snipe
SmBuddy First nice to see a somewhat local guy in the forum. Where in missouri are you located? Also I have talked with ppl who have used 230 watts on a 80 gallon and there sps have done fine. You just have to place them up on top of your live rock to work. I am currently going to go with your setup you have for lights and they should work fine here is a link to the forum were it took place.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...hreadid=135988
This thread helped me out tons! hope it helps you to.

I bet there acros and even montis were poop brown! lol
 
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