Lighting advice for new tank build

[gmann]

Originally Posted by Myka

I just want to confirm, the tank is 30" wide and 24" deep? I'd running T5s alongside LEDs. In use, once you add some rock to a tank, I really think that 24x24" (l x w) is stretching it for most LEDs unless you raise them up quite high. What type of corals are you planning?

front to back will be 30", while top to bottom will be 24'

currently in my 24' x 24' cube, my kessil is 8.5" above the surface and it covers everything.

as for corals, i'll only be keeping lps.