Thread: reef lighting
View Single Post
Old May 27th, 2009, 10:22 AM   #2
bderen
Egg
 
bderen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 44
Rep Power: 0 bderen is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

I've been succesfull with as few as 1.65 W per gallon (224W over 135G tank). It only provided coverage for 4-5 feet of the tanks lenght but there was also a benefit to it. THere was no algae growing on the side panels so I really only had to wipe the front glass. I had mushrooms growing on the sides of the tank and I think that tank was pretty sucessfull.

Anyhow, I had to move a while back so I upgraded my tank from 135 to 180 and my regular T5s to HO T5 giving me some 486 Watts over 180G tank or 2.7 Watts Per Gallon. I keep only softies and some LPS so I guess SPS corals might require a tad more light.
bderen is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Page generated in 0.02894 seconds with 10 queries