Lighting for a 90 reef

[hcker99]

Looks like I'm going to be purchasing a 90 gallon RR setup. I found someone selling an 8x54 T5HO Nova Extreme Pro 48". My question is will that be enough light for a mixed reef (softies, clam, sps, etc..)? Or should I be looking more towards a 2x250 MH setup?


Thanks

 

[billwill]

Either one would work great. I opted to go for MH setup because my tank is in my living room and I've got a beautiful cherry canopy on top. I was having a hard time figuring out how I could cool any of the T5 setups inside of a canopy, and the retrofit kits seemed more than the full built up fixtures. And trying to come up with the best 8 bulb combo seemed like a pain in the butt. I'm very happy with my 250MH setup with XM20 bulbs.

 

[Reefnut2010]

That will work just fine.