grinder143 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I am in the process of ordering equipment for this build. The dimensions are approximately 24 x19.5 x16 . I am looking for recommendations for a mixed reef. I was thinking the aquatic life hybrids but was unsure on the led to add. The take has an additional external which will have its own light. I don’t want overkill since the tank is not super deep. I originally thought the hybrid with 2 360 x Kessil or a radion xr30 but lately wonder if 2 primes are enough. Or should I even bother with the hybrid fixture Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 8/29/2020 at 2:32 PM, grinder143 said: I don’t want overkill since the tank is not super deep. A hybrid is setup is overkill. But if you really liked the idea of the hybrid, you'd have to scale it down....A160's or even A80's instead of A360's...and two T5HO's would be enough. I don't know if that hybrid spec will correspond with an actual product though. Just the Kessils would be my recommendation...they'd mount at around 4" height. I suspect a pair of A160's would be adequate – 16" deep means only about 12" of water to light, which is not that much. Ask Kessil to be sure. But A360's would do it for sure. If you wanted to mount them higher than 4", do the narrow optics. Narrow optics would place them at about 9.5" above the water. (Personally I'd go for the lower mounting and wider lenses.) 2 Quote Link to comment
grinder143 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 thanks for the info, i am not sure what i am going to do.just yet. i have always liked kessils but recently been thinking i might go with 2 primes as i ordered 2 of the nero3 . i guess i have a little time as i wont need it till the cycle is over. 1 Quote Link to comment
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