Is this adequate lighting for SPS?

cfgenesis

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I have a 72-gallon bowfront, 48" long and 22" deep. I have a T5HO 4x54w fixture and a PC 2x55w fixture for a total of 326 watts. In the T5 I have two actinic blue bulbs, a 10,000k daylight and a 75.25, all from UVL, and in the PC fixture I have two 50.50 daylight white/actinic blue bulbs.

That is a little over 4.5 watts per gallon and so I'm wondering if this is sufficient to keep SPS corals with good color and growth?
 
Does your T5 fixture have indvidual reflectors and what kind of bulbs are the?

The T5 does have individual reflectors - not sure how I can better describe the bulbs than I did above, UVL bulbs, 2 actinic blue, 1 10,000k daylight and 1 75.25 14,000k. The PC fixture has 50-50 daylight white/actinic blue bulbs.
 
I would recommend getting rid of the actinics in the t5 fixture an putting some blue plus or daylight bulbs. I would use the pc light for my actinics, if they are needed
 
I see you are using a sundial fixture. If I remember correctly those fixtures were close to the original Tec lights in terms of par given the same bulbs which should be enough for SPS.
 
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