Lighting for 24" Deep 150 gal Reef Tank

[bluetang123]

I'm considering the Coralife Lunar Aqualights compact Fluorescent Strip Lights (72") is itany good? does anyone have any better ideas?

[rommelgin]

whats the dims of your tank and what do you plan on keeping? My 150 is 60x24x24 and im going with the 250w lumenarc stealth mini's bu mine will be a mixed reef.

[rommelgin]

Oh, I'd post that welcome to reefcentral banner bu i dont know where to find that so WELCOME!

[bluetang123]

Thanks for the welcome! The dimensions for my 150 gal. aquarium are: 18" width; 24" high (deep);72" long.

[harryk]

I would go with MH lighting in a tank that deep but if you don't wanna fork over the money for MH you can get away with T5's. I'd stay away from compact flourescents. They produce a lot of heat and don't last as long as T5's which run much cooler.

Harry

[a2fire2i]

Originally posted by rommelgin
whats the dims of your tank and what do you plan on keeping? My 150 is 60x24x24 and im going with the 250w lumenarc stealth mini's bu mine will be a mixed reef.

On my 120 (24 deep) i am running two lumenarcs with 250 watt Hqis and couldnt be happier! I feel i could put almost anything on the bottom of the tank and it would do great!

[rommelgin]

Originally posted by harryk
I would go with MH lighting in a tank that deep but if you don't wanna fork over the money for MH you can get away with T5's. I'd stay away from compact flourescents. They produce a lot of heat and don't last as long as T5's which run much cooler.

Harry

Agree, Halides will usually require use of a chiller or a fan in the sump to keep tank from over heating so T5's would be the next alternative. I believe aquactinics has a 72'' fixture but i think its halide/T5 combo. Plus with T5's you have alot of bulb combos to get the color that you like.

Originally posted by a2fire2i
On my 120 (24 deep) i am running two lumenarcs with 250 watt Hqis and couldnt be happier! I feel i could put almost anything on the bottom of the tank and it would do great!

a2fire2i, do you have a pic of your tank? Are you using the regular lumenarcs or the mini's?

[sanababit]

[welcome]

sana

[Phong33]

Originally posted by rommelgin
Agree, Halides will usually require use of a chiller or a fan in the sump to keep tank from over heating so T5's would be the next alternative.

Fans will be necessary but a chiller isn't. I have 2x250w MH and 2x110w VHO on my 150g and don't use a chiller. I have a closed canopy so fans are a must.

[JENnKerry]

Our 125 is 6' long, 18" deep and 24" high. We use 3-250 watt MH's and 4x96 watt actinics. Sure in the summer it gets a little warm but we use a small fan that's mounted on the back of the tank to help keep it cooler. It really works great. I would go with MH's for your tank.