How to light a 48" wide tank?

[TX_Punisher]

That's width, not length.

I'd imagine a double row of leds would do it but the cost of 8 Mitras or radion G4 are quite high.

I know sfilgoi made a 12 bulb t5 fixture but no more.

Would a 10 bulb ATI light that width tank even enough and provide enough par at 12" awl on a 28" deep tank?

Length would be 8-9 feet.

Thanks.

 

[MK3_LUV]

Large halides supplemented by something else maybe?

 

[anbosu]

I have a 36" front to back tank. I have staggered Hydra 52s and 5x 48" single bulb T5 fixtures installed to even out the light distribution. For your tank it partially depends on what kind of corals you want to keep, but I would have centered LEDs or MH with 2-4 T5 bulbs on either side.

 

[mic209]

Have you considered XR15 Radions? My tank is 36x30x24, I switched from 2 XR30 radions to 2 of the G4 XR15's and they cover more area than the 2 XR30's did, I took par readings before and after. I would say ecotechs claim of a single G4 XR15 covering a 24x24 area is spot on. So if you went with an 8ft tank, you should be good with 8 XR15's.

 

[ca1ore]

Do you actually need to light the entire 48"? Most tanks I see seem to spend a lot of effort to illuminate the front panel ..... and then elbow grease to clean it off. Seems kind of silly to me. My 36" wide tank uses a quartet of Radion 30s along the 8' length with a bunch of Kessils thrown in for good measure. OK, I cannot grow SPS on the sand right at the front, but aesthetically I wouldn't want to.

If it were my tank I'd use Radion 30s oriented with the width dimension, every 18" of length. So 5-6 fixtures. Still not cheap though.

 

[LeslieS88]

I’m picking up a 48x48x24 tank next week. I plan using a 36”reefbrite 2x250w halide with 2 blue XHO LED strips.

 

[Zacktosterone]

That's width, not length.

I'd imagine a double row of leds would do it but the cost of 8 Mitras or radion G4 are quite high.

I know sfilgoi made a 12 bulb t5 fixture but no more.

Would a 10 bulb ATI light that width tank even enough and provide enough par at 12" awl on a 28" deep tank?

Length would be 8-9 feet.

Thanks.

you should do halides. i'm thinking 4x400 watt halides with cozumel sun reflectors and reefbrite leds for supplementation it would cost you a fraction.... you could do 5 36" reefbrites and put them width wise instead of length wise for better coverage