lighting a 72" sps tank

[Jolleyreefs]

The dimensions of the tank are 72x18x20. I am thinking of 2 6 bulb tek lights. Would this be sufficient for an SPS dominated reef?

 

[damac20]

I'm doing one 8 bulb 60" ted light on mine. It only leaves 6 inches on each side and there will be plenty of spread to cover those 6 inches. I will probably and up mounting some LEDs on the ends anyway.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

12 lamps will be plenty over that system. I was taking care of a 125g with an AquaticLife 12 lamp fixture and the SPS did amazing. We replaced the bulbs with a mix of ATI and Giesemann though. Anyway the 2 Tek fixtures will be fine.

 

[Jolleyreefs]

Thats good to know. Would the 12 bulbs do better than say a 60" 6 bulb ATI Sunpower? The sunpower would be cheaper than the 2 tek units so i may be leaning that direction plus fewer bulbs to fool with. Thoughts?

 

[oscarslr]

I have 8 60" T5s on a 72x30x24 tank and that is plenty, 4 bulb would be enough IMO but 6 would be nice.

 

[cmaxwell39]

If it were me I would do a 6x80 SunPower over that tank.