marc price
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What began as a temporary 40breeder (36"x18"x16"), set-up is now past it's first year with SPS and T. maxima doing just fine under five daylight PAR 38 LED's located a foot above the aquarium.-
tank is a 24x24x20 rimless. I'm an SPS guy
I'm leaning towards PAR38's; if I decide to go this route, can anyone tell me how many bulbs would be sufficient enough for the depth and size of my tank to successfully keep SPS alive and thriving?
TIA
I'm using standard daylight PAR 38 bulbs from Home Depot and Lowes. Alternating mix because the Phillips are more blue/pinkish 5000K and the Utilitec (multichip) are a greenish 5000K.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-...ulb-425280/203553286?N=5yc1vZbm79Z15bZ1z0u18w
http://www.lowes.com/pd_150661-7577...RL=?Ntt=par+38+led&page=1&facetInfo=Utilitech
They are inexpensive enough that i'm very tempted to take apart one of the Philips and swap a few of the 5000K LED's for Blue and UV LED's.
I looked into adding a more blue PAR 38 only the bulbs offered in the Aquarium market are imo, much to expensive for what they are.