dmh
Member
I've read that for corals you need 10K lumens per square meter. I have a 55 gallon tank (48 x 12) which means it is only .38 sqaure meters (roughly), which would indicate that I need only 3800 lumens (which seems ridiculously low). I am aiming for a setup (which Im building) with 2 96w power compacts (a 10K daylight that puts out 8100 lumens, and a ActBlue thats pumps out another 2480, for a total of 10580 lumens).
I realize that on a watt-for-watt basis PCs put out *much* more light than VHOs, but can that formula be right? If so, is 2 96w PCs going to hurt anything? Will I fry my corals? That's nearly 3 times the recomended light output.
I realize that on a watt-for-watt basis PCs put out *much* more light than VHOs, but can that formula be right? If so, is 2 96w PCs going to hurt anything? Will I fry my corals? That's nearly 3 times the recomended light output.