Anyone doing t-5's over a 28" tall tank?

[rogersb]

I am getting a new 210 and it is around 28" tall. I currently have a 4 bulb over my 75g and have great gowth in all my sps, lps, zoas, etc. In fact, some lps get a little burned and have to be half under an overhang. I was thinking about going with a TEK 6 bulb fixture and using the VHO that is coming with the tank as a supplement. I realize there is some height difference so I plan on moving most sps higher in the tank so they will get plenty of light. SPS is not the focus of the tank though, lps and zoas are. Does that sound like a feasable plan?

 

[Mr D smack]

I was using 6 T5s on my 135, 28 inches tall. This setup was a DIY Ice Cap. I was getting around 310 par on the bottom in the middle and around 270 par on the outer edges and was running 8.7 amp. I went back to 2- 250wMH/140wVHO and Im so glad I did. The corals responded great and my amps dropped to 4.3.

T5s

MH/VHO

 

[Blueline12]

Six bulbs might workfor a 210g. I have a 14 bulb 39w each or you can say its 7 bulbs wide on my 180g with some reefbrite LEDs to supplement and it produced great sps color although it was only 24" deep and the hood was about 4" off the water.

 

[rogersb]

I am going to try to fit in 2 VHO as well. And I would be putting on 2 - 6 bulb 36" fixtures.