3 Month Old Shallow Reef

[Orr2003]

Originally Posted by Greybeard

Well... just shows you can't believe that guy

8 bulb, 48", 54w TEK (Sunlight Supply) T5 light... now operating with 6 bulbs... but it was 8 when that guy posted his lies

Haha no worries.....I am seeing a huge improvement since switching to 6 bulbs and even better improvements in color on the SPS that are located on the bottom outside edge of the tank not even directly under the light. Leads me to believe it would be possible to get by with 4 or 5 bulbs if you could spread them out a little more across the 36" front to back width. The top of my ATI fixture is 13.5" from the water surface and still a ton of light. I may need to switch bulbs? Wonder what the lowest par bulb is? Blue plus?

[Greybeard]

Originally Posted by Orr2003

Wonder what the lowest par bulb is? Blue plus?

I have one ATI True Actinic. Certainly the least visually intense bulb of the ones I own. I don't know what the par rating is, can't find it published anywhere, likely since it depends so much on the fixture, but in between two blue plus bulbs, you can barely tell it's lit.

[Orr2003]

Little update on the tank. Tank is now 7 months old and frags seem to be growing well. I had a bunch of new frags on the rack that I placed the other day so now its time to sit back and watch them grow.....oh wait what am I saying?!? I need more SPS haha....its an addiction as most of you know.

Still using my iphone for videos but hoping Santa will bring me a Nikon D3400.

Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O950PrrFKwc