What lighting would be best in my case

[Dr.Ocean]

Hello,

Iam having a problem deciding what light to choose for my tank. Tank dimnstions are 80 x 55 w x 60 h cm ( NOT INCHES)

My cuurent lighting system is 2 x 150w and am looking for a pendant right now. However, should I go with a single 250w 10xm bulb (NO supplemnts). Any suggestions are welcome.
oh yeah..... I want SPS.

 

[Dr.Ocean]

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[Dr.Ocean]

Do you think that a single 400w will do it?

I was looking into this

reef optic1

with xm 15k . However I now have two quastions,

1. is this enough for keeping AND growing sps with my setup?
2. what ballast would you guys recommend?

 

[Ti]

why not 2 X 250?

 

[Dr.Ocean]

Ti,
two reasons, no fixture for my tank lentgh expet for 2 x pendents which is going to be expensive and i like the look of one clean pendet above the tank.

you think my idea will not work?

 

[RichConley]

xm15Ks suck.

is that 30" by 18" by 24"?


Something like a lumenmax or lumenarc would work well. You'd only need a 250.

 

[Dr.Ocean]

RichConley,

that would be about 31" x 21" x 21" ..about 62g

so you think 250w will be enough for for this tank ? am planning on mostly sps.

where can i find the lumenmax or lumenarc pendent?

what bulb would you recommend...please keep in mind that am not supplementing with anything.

Thanks

 

[RichConley]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=810830

Heres a thread on them.


And yes, a 250 is more than enough. Most people run lights that are way overkill. Look at SunnyX's tank. (TOTM this month) Hes running 2x250w on a 270g tank.