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cody6766 · 12/06/2018, 08:18 AM

Only if you just want the ATI light. I wouldn't spend the money on it if I woke up in your shoes, and there is definitely no need to do it. I bet you'd be hard pressed to find any objective data that show ATI lights being better at growing coral than Tek. Sure, you get more PAR out of the ATI, but I'd be surprised if the difference made a significant difference in 90% of the tanks out there. I'm not pooping on ATI, I have one over my 60g. I also ran a TEK light for a few years over a 40br, and a number of other lighting configurations on other tanks. They all grew coral and clams.

12/06/2018, 08:18 AM	#5
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	Only if you just want the ATI light. I wouldn't spend the money on it if I woke up in your shoes, and there is definitely no need to do it. I bet you'd be hard pressed to find any objective data that show ATI lights being better at growing coral than Tek. Sure, you get more PAR out of the ATI, but I'd be surprised if the difference made a significant difference in 90% of the tanks out there. I'm not pooping on ATI, I have one over my 60g. I also ran a TEK light for a few years over a 40br, and a number of other lighting configurations on other tanks. They all grew coral and clams. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI