BTA and my lights...OK?

[Crawdawg]

I have a 65 breeder, it's 24 inches deep, and the live rock at it's highest point are a little over half way up the tank. I have a dual pc hood with 2x96 pc's, and a dual t5 with 39x2. The pc light was given to me, so instead of replacing it, I decided to supplement it with the t5 lights.
Would this be sufficient to keep a BTA?

Thanks in advance.

 

[garygb]

Yes, a BTA should do fine with that lighting, with one, make that two provisos, the bulbs aren't allowed to get old (1 year max for t-5 and 9 mos max for pcs) and the anemone is midway up the water column. In reality, a BTA would probably be fine even toward the bottom of a 24 inch tank because of the t-5s, but I would go toward the middle. Also, if the t-5s don't have individual reflectors, then definitely mid-way and no deeper. The beauty of t-5s is that individual reflectors make for more intense lighting deeper down than pcs can afford. You lose that if you don't have the individual reflectors

 

[Crawdawg]

The t5s have individual reflectors, and all bulbs are brand new, well the pc's are about 3 weeks old. Just doing some planning, not ready to commit yet, but when the time comes I want to be prepared. Thanks for the info. Tanks only been running for a couple months, so I got time.

 

[garygb]

Yeah, you have a while for the tank to fully become established. And your lights with be fine for BTAs.