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Old 02-13-2013, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Nano View Post
Should be more then enough
My tank was the same dimensions but an inch taller. I found once I hit the 65-70% range stuff started bleaching so I left it at 50% or so over all.

Also had my light about 8" off the water or 23" of the sandbed. And I was keeping mostly sps. So for you id personally stay around 50% if you find your zoas to look like they're reaching for more light crank it up a bit.
I have my lights 12" AWL and do the sunrise to sunset program to simulate a normal day maximum of 80% blue 85% Royal blue 65% white @ 3pm this works pretty good and everyone seems happy. I have LPS, mushrooms & zoes mostly
This picture shows the lights @ 12" AWL as suggested by AI hanging guide, seems to work well so far.

This is about 11am.

This is about 4pm.I still find myself tweeking though, I guess because I can and so easy.

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Hey! I never "LEFT" the hobby, just doing fresh water now. Which is still listed as part of Canreef if I'm not mistaken.
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