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Unread 10/13/2018, 06:29 AM   #1
Armand9601
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Lighting Recommendations for a 90G - 48” long tank

I’ve recently gotten back into the hobby and purchased a used tank that came with 2 Chinese black box lights. While battling a velvet outbreak & trying to move my fish to a quarantine tank the canopy slid and one of the lights went swimming...

I’ve already decided against the 2 black box setup and was thinking of the following setups and was hoping for some insight:
1) Budget friendly Marsaqua 300W light from Amazon - my one concern here is that it would not reach the outer edges of the tank
2) Reefbreeders 48” Photon
3) Anything else...

One thing I would like to point out is that there’s a center brace on the tank that casts a shadow so I would need to make sure there is enough light spread / diffusion to compensate for that.

Thank you in advance for you help & suggestions!


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Unread 10/13/2018, 07:41 AM   #2
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48” photon v2. Or an ati 6x54 watt sunpower


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Unread 10/13/2018, 07:43 AM   #3
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Thanks Bpb


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Unread 10/13/2018, 08:31 AM   #4
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Unread 10/14/2018, 03:09 PM   #5
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I have had good success with my Reef Breeders Photon V2+. There are probably better lights but not for the price I paid.


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