Will this light work?

[abhishek@1985]

Hi friends,
Have set up a small nano reef tank for the past 10 months.Recently slowly moving to natural sea water and have got parameters quite stabilized .So looking forward to move to sps. Here's my tank specs :-

Tank - 2 ft x 15 inch(W) x 12 inch(H).
Sump - 2 ft x 1 ft x 1 ft.
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 110.
Light - 70 W BLV Ushio 10000K.

As of now having LPS and zoanthids and they are doing well.
But like all of you , after a long battle with nitrates and having stabilized parameters want to slowly move to sps.

So, I plan to use 70 W mh along with 2 ATI Blueplus (2x24 W) as the lighting.

Need your views as to whether I can grow sps from top to bottom or change the mh to 2x24 W ATI Aquablue plus.The mh is placed at 5 inches from the water surface.

 

[Stupes]

Yes I believe you should be able too. You would actually be going backwards if you were to change out the MH for those T5's.

 

[abhishek@1985]

Was looking at Maxspect LEDs and was thinking of getting hold of G2-60W ixture.Do you think it would be good enough for my 2 foot tank of 1 foot height to grow sps at the top level atleast..

Please advice.

 

[Stupes]

Probably depending on your mounting height and the type of reflectors you choose. However I would still choose the MH over the LEDs for full spectrum lighting.