New tank light sufficient?

[wen tom]

Hi, wonder if someone could tell me if this light is enough for my tank, I do have some corals./ 6 ft. Led light bar 10k, 3,600 lumens with moon switch. Made by BeamWorks. 132 diodes. (sorry about the spelling)

 

[bang guy]

Can you list your corals?

 

[2quills]

Sounds a little weak to be honest. 27-28 lumens per watt is probably not going to cut it with LPS or SPS.

Is it a full spectrum fixture?

 

[wen tom]

Taro tree corals, giant Bali Xenias, ricordeas. Will find out about full spectrum. Thanks

 

[2quills]

It would probably work with what you have if you stick with softies

 

[wen tom]

Great, again, thank you.

 

[bang guy]

10k, 3,600 lumens

I agree that you're fine for those types of corals.

Just a couple comments for you:
10K is the color, has nothing to do with light intensity. Get the color you prefer and nearly all corals can adapt to your preference.

3,600 lumens is how bright the light is going to look to you. It is only weakly connected to how much light output the bulb has. A 14K bulb with the same amount of light output as your 10K is going to have far fewer lumens and a 6.5K bulb is going to have a lot more lumens. What is important is the PAR if you can get those values.

 

[wen tom]

Bang guy, thought about this last night. Sorry it took so long. SO sorry to hear about your mom. Hope your doing OK. And in the aftermath your here! Thanks so much for everything. In my prayers.

 

[bang guy]

Thank you. You are very kind.