Thinking about KZ lighting

[cchomistek]

It would be nice if we could just raise the lights but they are on the mounts and our tank is in a room with high vaulted ceilings so we don't have them hanging. Have you had any problems putting new lights with your corals or do you just move the lights up for a period of time?

Craig

[lobsterboy]

Originally Posted by cchomistek

It would be nice if we could just raise the lights but they are on the mounts and our tank is in a room with high vaulted ceilings so we don't have them hanging. Have you had any problems putting new lights with your corals or do you just move the lights up for a period of time?

Craig

I used to use an aqua light pro 72 inch fixture, with one of the MH burnt out, then i went with the nova extreme pro, 12x 39wt t5 blubs, i too do not have them hanging, and placed the fixture right over the tank with the provided lounts, i did not experince any problems with the new lighting and the corals seemed to react better.
I guess its trail and error. some people experince different problems with new lighting choices and others do not.

[chris88]

I would without a doubt go with aqua science bulbs. They are proven to grow sps faster then ati bulbs which are the top selling bulb in the usa.

[cchomistek]

So we decided upon our new lighting for our tank. We went with 3 KZ New Generation, 2 22K AquaScience, and 1 KZ fiji purple. We are very impressed with the new lights. Just wanted to show the before and after pics for comparison. The lights we had before were the stock Current USA bulbs that came with the fixture.

FTS old 10K and actinic lights


FTS old actinic lights














New KZ and aquascience light pictures

FTS New lights








New frags from lobsterboy!!






Thanks for lobsterboy and Doug for helping us figure out which lights to go with!!

Craig

[lobsterboy]

no problem, the new lights look great. Abit more blue color.