What lights for LPS

[Fant4]

What 's your opinion the best lighting for LPS and raise them to grow?

Led? How many and Kelvin?
MH? How many Watts and Kelvin?
T5? How many and what Kelvin graduation?

Thanks

Sorry for my English

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[falconut]

It depends on the types of LPS you intend to keep. I personally have (2) 250Watt 14K (PlusRite) MH SE over my 90 gallon (4'Lx18"Wx24"T). I have a Torch, Frogspawn, Hammers, Candy Canes and an Alveopora in the middle to upper area, then an Acan, a Favia and a Fungia all on the sand.

I've only used MH, so I can't say much for LED and T5.

 

[cloak]

Assuming the lighting will be suffiecient for the tank size, LPS corals will grow well under any type of lighting. I had some great results using VHO's a few years ago.

 

[seapug]

Assuming the lighting will be suffiecient for the tank size, LPS corals will grow well under any type of lighting. I had some great results using VHO's a few years ago.

+1.
I personally use MH, T5 and LED in different parts of system. LPS grow fine under all of them.
It really comes down to what will most efficiently light the depth/area of the tank and what sort of "color" you want. Many LPS tend fare quite well in what would be considered low to moderate light and are strongly florescent in bluer lighting schemes, so if you have a shallow tank LEDs are an extremely efficient way to go. T5s can be a lot of fun because of the variety of bulb colors available. And as always, higher kelvin MH provides a very natural appearance and is generally best for tanks over 24" deep.

 

[endlessblue]

MH T5...combo. 250 wat should be a max for the MH.

 

[nanojg]

Either of those will be a good choice, it all depends on your tank size L x W x H

 

[endlessblue]

If you go with a MH try the phoenix 15k. It's still a nice blue with more growth power the 20ks.

 

[reeferlover]

i have had trouble with 6 t5 tek fixture with 6 ati bulbs withmy lps they started to get liter and liter some moved to sand and changed out with some actinics for high par bulbs. good luck low light though IMO

 

[cloak]

A friend of mine had some good results running four 15 watt NO flourescents over a 20 gallon one time.

FWIW.

 

[eyeluvcoral]

I think that the size of the tank should be a factor too. LPS in general have a moderate lighting requirement.

 

[mscarpena]

I love my LEDS. I have MH and will be switching those to LEDS some day. If you get the adjustable pot you can dim the leds and I love it. My lEDS were a little bright for some of my LPS so I just cut the whites back and I will slowly increase the white back to the color temp I prefer. Also with LEDS you can achieve almost any color temp, they run really cool, use very little power, and last a long time.

 

[LPS_Blasto]

I'm currently keeping a few LPS under PC and MH combo. I've kept them under T'5s or PC in the past. It all works. I think they look way better under lower light. Seams like the farther I move mine away from the halide, the better they look. They can adapt to any amount of light, but mine always look better under lower intensity lighting.