raymond4133
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Would one 80 watt five foot t5 sunlight suppy retro kit be enough light to cover my six foot tank with enough blue light to color my corals at 20 inches deep of water...and a maximum of 12 inches at the top of my canopy...
Mostly I want to add a blue t5 (actinic) to provide some sort of aesthtic sunrise and sunset effect...I don't need anything incredibly bright since I already have 3 175w MH's...
SHould this give me an even tone throughout the tank as well as a strong enough of a light that I will be able to she my corals flouresce even the ones at the very bottom of a maximum height that could reach 32"inches...(20"inches in water depth and 12"max in canopy depth)...
-Or would a 2-54 watt T5 fixture be any different overlapped in a way...
-I was also thinking that I could possibly angle and mount the reflector near the lip of the canopy (about 3-4 inches above the lip of the tank or where the canopy sits on the tank ) and angle the reflector to point downwards at a 45 degree angle at the back of the tank or the rocks in this case...( Would this prove to better)
please help???
Mostly I want to add a blue t5 (actinic) to provide some sort of aesthtic sunrise and sunset effect...I don't need anything incredibly bright since I already have 3 175w MH's...
SHould this give me an even tone throughout the tank as well as a strong enough of a light that I will be able to she my corals flouresce even the ones at the very bottom of a maximum height that could reach 32"inches...(20"inches in water depth and 12"max in canopy depth)...
-Or would a 2-54 watt T5 fixture be any different overlapped in a way...
-I was also thinking that I could possibly angle and mount the reflector near the lip of the canopy (about 3-4 inches above the lip of the tank or where the canopy sits on the tank ) and angle the reflector to point downwards at a 45 degree angle at the back of the tank or the rocks in this case...( Would this prove to better)
please help???
