Lighting on a 135..

[mikmcgyver]

Picking up a 135gallon soon and I am starting to shop for lighting. Wanna do approx 130+lbs of LR, 125+lbs of LS, a few corals, and assorted livestock.
Do I need to go MH for my lights or can I get away with the right combo of PC lights? enough for the coral and not having to spend $1000 bucks on a MH setup...

 

[grubsnaek]

depends on what type of coral you want.
SPS= halides, or T5's with the right reflectors
LPS/SOFTIES= T5's, VHO, or strong PC's.
what type of coral do you want

 

[mikmcgyver]

Kinda new to the coral game. I have a couple in my nano right now, green star polyps? not sure what they classify as, also some sort of mushroom coral, kind small, looks like a small mushroom.... also

not sure what there are, but they are pretty big, as in number of pods...
Also want an Anenomie for my clowns to play in...What ya think?

 

[petjunkie]

For an anemone you will need metal halides, t5's won't penetrate deep enough and pcs won't be nearly strong enough. I'm setting up a 125 and putting three pendant halides over it, in the long run I think it will be cheaper for bulb replacement than t5's or a fixture with actinic bulbs.