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Originally Posted by Fogcutter
Thanks again Ron. I did some more looking and you've kind of convinced me. Those Photon fixtures are the shiz!
I had a successful 72g bowfront reef a while ago and I'm thinking about doing the same again. It will probably end up being a window box (starting as stand-alone) so I'm not worried about light spillage but at the same time I'll probably get the Photon 32 if you think that's enough for a 48".
I know the sunrise/sunset isn't necessary for the corals but I'll have some fishies too and I want to keep them happy. And hell...I just like the aesthetics.
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Sorry for the slow reply, I'm sort of moving to a different website forum...
The 32" Photon will work well over the 48" tank with 2 considerations. One is that it will need to be a bit higher than is common, say 12 to 18" off the water in order to get end to end coverage. Or the other alternative is to have the fixture lower and use the dimmer light at the ends of the tank for zoas and lps. The alternative is to go for the 48" fixture or do 2 of the 16" fixtures and space them 4" off the ends and leave an 8" center gap (4" for each fixture to cover. This is all budgeting issues though, the amount of light will be fine.