Help lighting a 210g cube tank with a single 400w pendant.

[liv]

Hi,

I'm looking for suggestions for a single 400w pendant with or without T5's or vho's.

I understand the constraints of having a single pendant on a tank this large. I will put my sps in the middle right under the beam and will put less light needy corals on the sides. ( I have a 400g 3x400w on a3mini's at the moment ) its awesome and I have insane growth, but its time for me to go leaner with the setup. This is part of my hydro reduction plan ;)

tank size will be 48x40x26. starphire 3 sides with internal overflow.

so i've been looking at the lumenbright 20x20 octagonal reflector and was thinking I could add 4x 24" vho's on its sides or 4x24" t5ho's.
http://www.hellolights.com/ProductImages/pendants/lumenbright1.jpg

I wish they made one with integrated t5's or vho's all around it. I'd like it to look nicer then adding on to the reflector.

At worst, I could put 2 pendants of 400w each.
I am also thinking about the reeflux 10k or 12k's.

Let me know what you all think.
Cheers,
Oliver

[Entropy]

Can you not use the current lighting? I would use two of the 400w setups you have now side by side and then add some acintic (VHO or T5) in front and behind.

[bristle]

Those reflectors are meant to produce a focused beam. Maybe you can try a lumenarc or lumenbright that spread the light a bit more.