What to Put for these lights

[asonitez]

I have 4 110 Watt T12 VHO's 2 Daylight White and 2 Actinic Blue on Ice Cap 660 Ballast
I have 4 Power Compact 96 Watt Each On A hamilton Technology Fixture.


I Want to put all of the light under my hood but I know it will be prolly hard to do.



Combined thats over 824 Watts of Power. That Is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more than I need I think.

Tank is a 90 Gallon 24" Deep.

What Kind of Corals Can I keep?

 

[asonitez]

the Power Compacts are 96 Watt 50/50's

 

[concept3]

with the lights you have, you could probably keep anything. If you really want to use them all, why don't you put them on a timer? Do like actinics on first, and then the daylights, then the T5's and shutting off the actinics, and then the opposite for the dusk/noon/dawn effect? Also, your tank is pretty deep. This would simply mean you could keep SPS on the bottom! Awesome IMO!

 

[MikeNapoli]

Merv he doesn't have T5's .. T12's. I'm not sure if all SPS are doable. But Blange has proven you can keep some with the T12's.

I think you can keep any coral except for the high light demanding SPS corals. Certain SPS if you kept them high should be ok.

Also if this is going to be custom built into a canopy you'll need reflectors as well to push the light down. This will help you keep your corals happy.

 

[Edwardw771]

i say switch to t5s. they are way brighter than t12s. when I switched I was way happier.

 

[sinkingbeach]

I had a very successful SPS 75 reef with 4 vho's t12s, I did tend to keep them higher in my tank. I also noticed greater growth when I switched over to halides, but your output is probably going to allow you to keep them anywhere in the tank.

 

[concept3]

Thanks Mike, lol. I meant PC's