is this to much light for tbs package?

[coralreefhugr]

have a 100 gallon tank and soon to order tbs package. we ordered

lights: 2 atinic 96w bulbs 2 96 w dayligh. total watts=384 watts. don't

think we can return them because the lfs had to order them and we

already annoyed them by returning a 56 gallon tank, stand, lights, and

heater so we could get a 100 gallon, new lights, new stand,and new

heater. lol so hoping this isn't too much light because probably won't

add other stuff for a long time because of $ would just have a tank

with the corals and stuff it comes with... read it was a turbid reef but

wasn't sure if this was 2 much light...also lights cost alot of $ lol

 

[figuerres]

Re: is this to much light for tbs package?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8618077#post8618077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralreefhugr
have a 100 gallon tank and soon to order tbs package. we ordered

lights: 2 atinic 96w bulbs 2 96 w dayligh. total watts=384 watts. don't

think we can return them because the lfs had to order them and we

already annoyed them by returning a 56 gallon tank, stand, lights, and

heater so we could get a 100 gallon, new lights, new stand,and new

heater. lol so hoping this isn't too much light because probably won't

add other stuff for a long time because of $ would just have a tank

with the corals and stuff it comes with... read it was a turbid reef but

wasn't sure if this was 2 much light...also lights cost alot of $ lol

Yes and No....

first this sounds like a set of Power COmpact lights right?
I have a set I used for about 5 years.

for TBS rock some things seem to like just the blue / act. light.

if the lights are PC and have 2 power balasts then you can run 2 lights part of the day, all 4 for a few hours then back to 2

depends also on what type of lights, act, blue, 20K 10K 6K??

and how close to the water you run them.

also watts are HEAT NOT LIGHT!

common problem as folks are used to buying reading lamps based on watts.

watts are not light, light is mesured with Foot Candles and Kelvins.

Kelvins are the "color tempeture" and foot candles is strength of the light.

Foot candles obey the inverse square law.

for example if a light at 1 foot is "the same as" 4 candles at 1 foot then it's four foot candles at one foot.
move back 1 foot and now the light covers 4 square feet of area.
now each square foot gets 4/4 foot candles = 1 foot candle.
now move back to 3 feet... 0.444 foot candles per foot.
9 square feet. and so on...

 

[dwculp]

I have 3 X 96W PC lights on my 40 gallon TBS tank and it does great. Most of the stuff that comes on TBS rock should do fine under your lights but you actually want to think about upping them.

 

[coralreefhugr]

ok the dual daylights are 10,000 k and 6,700 k and the atinics are 46onm and 420nm. all 96 watt.
thanks

 

[650-IS350]

I have it under TEK 48" 8 bulb 54 watt T5's.. now prob. a lot of corraline growth.

 

[rockdiver]

I have 4 150 HQI 20K and everything looks great 600w total