pledosophy Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I'm trying to decide between two or three 250w's. I would like to stay with 2 for heat reasons and $$ reasons. I mainly keep LPS so thout it the lighting aspect would be sufficent, I will have 5 or 6 SPS colonies (when they grow up) but I don't want a crazy shadowy tank either. Do you think two 250's with Lumanarcs would cover the tank. Also for the supplemental actinics should I run 2 60" T5's and stagger them or 4 36"ers. I'm also going to look into VHO's instead for there colors. Any help greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 My tank is 8 feet and I use three large lumen brights, it's a sps tank. Plenty for me. Go with two, and you can always get one more down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanz Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Hey so you got the same size tank I do. You'll love the 6' (clap). I got 2 diy lumenarc reflectors you can borrow. I was planning on using it for my tank but decided to go a different route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hey so you got the same size tank I do. You'll love the 6' (clap). I got 2 diy lumenarc reflectors you can borrow. I was planning on using it for my tank but decided to go a different route. You're the man! I'm getting Scott's system when he gets back in town. I'm pretty stoked on the whole thing. I won't be setting the system up until I move, but want to have all the pieces so when I move I can just move my stuff from my tank now into the new tank there. Should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I originally had 2 400w over mine and was annoyed by the shadows. You can get by with it but probably will not be happy. I finally added a third 250w which was better and eventually swapped the 400w ballast for a dual 250w. I.E. I now run 3 250w lights over the tank for about 5 hours. (They are actually staggered so the higher demanding corals are lit for 6 hours on one side while the least are lit for 4 hours on the other) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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