possible lighting

[Zerandise]

Well seems i will be upgrading to a 140 soon from my 55. wanted to run the lighting past the pro's to see how they feel about it.

The tank is 60x18x30

Its is a LPS/soft only reef. No sps

Light are as fallows.

4x 48" 110w VHO 2x actinic a 2x 10k
2x 250w Iwasaki 6500
1x 175w Ushio 10,000

this is how i have it planned

9:00 a.m. Actinics turn on and warm up to full power at 9:30
9:20 10k VHO's power on a warm to full at 10:00
9:50 175w 10k fires
10:20 one 250w 6500 fires
10:40 one 250w 6500 fires
All lit and happy by 11:00


start it backward at 7:00 p.m.

8:45 p.m. moon lights come on and off at 7:15 a.m.

I am thinking about making the 175 a 400 if i deside to do some SPS but i dont see that any time soon.

Also thought about doing 4x Actinic VHO's but seemed a bit over kill. Let me know if i might be wrong.

Please let me know if you see any problems with my lighting.
Thanks.

[LostMind]

is the height 18" or 30" ?

[Zerandise]

30" high. 30 wide would be great but its high

[johnny rock]

sounds good but, a 400w beside 2 x 175w halides will look strange. your sides will have a very dim look and eventually it will drive ya nuts. 250w might have worked but most who've try your idea complain of spot light effect. when you say ACTINICS and VHO power up to full? what are you meaning? you also mentioned this about your halides. I know you can dim VHO but not halides? do you mean one light at a time?

[Zerandise]

Yes the VHO's I worded it wrong. for a sunup/sun down effect. and have the MH come on one at a time at those intervals.