Enough Light ?

[tarpon88]

I have just purchased a 125 gal. tank and I am moving all of my corals from my 90gal. into the new tank along with approx 200lbs of live rock. I am putting my PC lights (blue and white 96 watt bulbs) and adding 2 @ 250watt 10,000 MH along with 2 @ 40watt 50/50 and actinic that came with the tank. My goal is to support any type of hard coral I wish to purchase in the future. any opinions? (total of 772wat) also am I going the right route with these lights? [Go Red Wings]

 

[chris r.]

I heard that for a coral tank you need aroun5-8 watts per gallon... you do the math

 

[predator]

Here we go again!?!?!?Your set up sounds pretty good to me.Though evry coral might not be ok.Sps corals will probably need more light.
And you can't always go by this watts per gallon rule.There are far to many factors to consider when setting up lights.There are a bunch of people on this site who can get real technical and explain further.Not to mention that this is probably the singlemost debateable topic on this site.

 

[kris walker]

Yea Chris, try to stay away from Watts-per-gallon. It just gets more and more confusing from there. Do a search and you'll see.
Best to just ask people if your planned lighting system will work for what corals you want.
sam