Hey guys, I'll keep it short and simple.
A friend of mine has an enormous tank which measures out to be 4m long x 1.5m wide x 3m deep.
Originally he had it as a freshwater tank, however during the summer some mistakes were made during a water change (the water replacing the old tank water was 38 degree's C...), which ended up killing most of the tank inhabitants.
He has his heart now set on a marine mixed reef tank. He asked for my help in making the switch, however I'm stuck on the lights... There isn't enough room in the canopy to fit a ton of LED fixtures, however I can see some metal halides going in.
What strength or rather wattage of metal halides would need to be fitted over this 3 meter depth tank in order to get decent par at the bottom? By decent I mean within the 20-50 range on the sand bed.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, or even if you can direct me to a post or something similar could explain how to figure it out that would be awesome.
Thanks in advance.
A friend of mine has an enormous tank which measures out to be 4m long x 1.5m wide x 3m deep.
Originally he had it as a freshwater tank, however during the summer some mistakes were made during a water change (the water replacing the old tank water was 38 degree's C...), which ended up killing most of the tank inhabitants.
He has his heart now set on a marine mixed reef tank. He asked for my help in making the switch, however I'm stuck on the lights... There isn't enough room in the canopy to fit a ton of LED fixtures, however I can see some metal halides going in.
What strength or rather wattage of metal halides would need to be fitted over this 3 meter depth tank in order to get decent par at the bottom? By decent I mean within the 20-50 range on the sand bed.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, or even if you can direct me to a post or something similar could explain how to figure it out that would be awesome.
Thanks in advance.
Wow, That is almost a 3000 gallon tank!!!!!!!!
