LED Intensity

[Nano]

I know a lot of people were doubtful about leds when they first came into the hobby, so I hear, but after buying sps that had been under metal halides and putting them in my tank, they have 100% more color to them, and the rest of the corals seem to flourish under them as well.

What size tank are you thinking of for this Brad? for a 4' I cant see why you couldnt get away with 2 AI's as they cover a 24x24x24ish area with stock optics, with the wider ones I would imagine if hung at a respective height you could probably get close to 30x30x30 spread with a higher intensity. same thing for radions (aside from the optics part, I dont believe they have any)

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Nano

What size tank are you thinking of for this Brad?

It's a 180, 72x24x24. Corals mostly cover a 60x18 area, so I'm going to try 3 SOLs, and blast them at near 100% and see what happens. (Not out of the box, but build up to it )

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

It's a 180, 72x24x24. Corals mostly cover a 60x18 area, so I'm going to try 3 SOLs, and blast them at near 100% and see what happens. (Not out of the box, but build up to it )

I think you'll be fine, Martin would be able to confirm for sure, but if each light is capable of 24x24x24 area, there should be no problems. Personally, if I ordered one again I would get wider optics. I have a bit of dark on the top inch around the edge (no biggie) but its there, I can also eliminate that bu raising my light an inch or 2