lighting question

[smokepuppies13]

trying to find the right light for my tank, i have a 225 gallon tank that is 36 tall which is my problem i would like to run reef and fish setup. any help would be great.

 

[mcgyvr]

Budget?
LED? MH? T5?
What types of corals do you plan on having?

 

[smokepuppies13]

actually i can do mixture of all, i want to make right the first and buy lights every years. so i have a pretty good budget to start with

 

[smokepuppies13]

i want to make it right the first and not buy new light every year

 

[mcgyvr]

Well.. thanks for narrowing it down for us to limit our suggestions :hmm4:
Good luck.

 

[Kriegad]

A lot of it comes down to personal preference and many different options can work. You thinking SPS dominant reef or wanting more of an LPS/softie tank?

 

[Orsamax]

With that level of depth (36 in) you could get a setup where the first third of your tank was comprised of SPS, LPS in the middle, and low light corals toward the bottom, but at 36 inches they will likely have to be pretty low light. I've not done MH, but they seem to really get the job done if you have the space and the ability to dissipate that heat well. Beefed up LEDs could do the job. I'm completely clueless as to whether T5s would penetrate that depth well (but the top third would do well), and I am leaning towards "no". If budget was no issue you might consider some sort of combination (they sell T5/LED) "racks" where you can augment your LEDs with T5 for color/dispersion. Again, budget is what it comes down to.

 

[s.katyarmal]

I am big fan of Orphek Atlantik V4. You can watch BRS video on Orphek. I don't have 36" deep tank so can't comment on that but I have great success on 24" deep tank.


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