Starfire Lighting Suggestions

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Originally Posted by Jfish

Hmm, gets me thinking to either go with three or four 250w pendants in the canopy or strictly led. How many led's would you suggest to still provide enough light for some higher demand corals/sps or anenome. Also how are the led's controlled. Would I need a specific controller to power up power down the led's or could I just run them to a timed powerbar.

No offense, but can I ask why you would run one or the other but not both togeather.

4 halides for sure with the overflow in the center, not sure how 3 would work with that tank.

You could do both but for simplicity I would stick with one or the other, if you went with both I would still suggest 4 halides and then extra LEDs for supplemental. If you tried to light part of the tank with halides and the remaining parts will LEDs it will look funny as they both have a different effect and you would see a visible lighting difference through the tank.

For LEDs alone you would be looking at around 144 to 168 LEDs. You'd be looking at around $1200-1500 for a fairly complete retro kit.