95Harley
02/04/2010, 09:42 AM
Well after deciding against MH's and going with 4 IC 660 Retro kits now it's time to pick out the bulbs.
Since these are my first T5's and this will be my first attempt at reef keeping I thought I'd seek advice on the lighting config. The plan is to start simple with low maint soft corals and eventually add few hard corals (if possible).
Planned inhabitants:
1 - 30+" Dragon Moray eel
3-4 Dozen various Chromis / Damsels
Various cleaning Crabs and snails
Planned Corals:
Kenya
Colt
Xenia
Zoos
Star Polyps
Mushrooms
Leathers
Monti Caps (up top of ledges)
Others are still TDB
I will have 16 T5's about 9-10" above the water surface in a hood.
I plan on staggering the bulbs blue white blue white front to back. Then rewiring the ballasts or moving the caps so I can run blues on one ballast and whites on another for Dawn/Dusk timers.
Now I just need to figure out what bulbs to get. Can someone advise on bulb configurations or better brand bulbs?
Front of tank:
Bulb 1 - ?
Bulb 2 - ?
Bulb 3 - ?
Bulb 4 - ?
- 2 Current Lunar LED's running the length of the tank about every foot -
Bulb 5 - ?
Bulb 6 - ?
Bulb 7 - ?
Bulb 8 - ?
Back of tank
Duplicated on other 4' side.
Here is how I planned on restructuting the rock in the tank to build to ledges for up high corals and to build several caves for the eel.
Since these are my first T5's and this will be my first attempt at reef keeping I thought I'd seek advice on the lighting config. The plan is to start simple with low maint soft corals and eventually add few hard corals (if possible).
Planned inhabitants:
1 - 30+" Dragon Moray eel
3-4 Dozen various Chromis / Damsels
Various cleaning Crabs and snails
Planned Corals:
Kenya
Colt
Xenia
Zoos
Star Polyps
Mushrooms
Leathers
Monti Caps (up top of ledges)
Others are still TDB
I will have 16 T5's about 9-10" above the water surface in a hood.
I plan on staggering the bulbs blue white blue white front to back. Then rewiring the ballasts or moving the caps so I can run blues on one ballast and whites on another for Dawn/Dusk timers.
Now I just need to figure out what bulbs to get. Can someone advise on bulb configurations or better brand bulbs?
Front of tank:
Bulb 1 - ?
Bulb 2 - ?
Bulb 3 - ?
Bulb 4 - ?
- 2 Current Lunar LED's running the length of the tank about every foot -
Bulb 5 - ?
Bulb 6 - ?
Bulb 7 - ?
Bulb 8 - ?
Back of tank
Duplicated on other 4' side.
Here is how I planned on restructuting the rock in the tank to build to ledges for up high corals and to build several caves for the eel.