Lighting:
The lighting is a mix of HQI metal halide and T5 bulbs. Across the front half of the tank are four double-ended 250-watt 14000 Kelvin bulbs and two double-ended 150-watt 20000 Kelvin bulbs. End to end across the back half are two 48 inch T5 fixtures for a total of a dozen 54 watt bulbs with a mix of 10000 Kelvin along with blues & Fiji purple. With the above combination of lights I get some good color pop with the corals and fish, reasonable PAR with good growth and because of the halides I still get that natural looking light shimmer through the water.
Lighting Schedule for Main Display:
• 9:30AM-11:00PM: actinic T-5
• 9:45AM-10:30PM: 150-watt 20K metal halides
• 11:00AM-9:45PM: remaining T-5
• 12:30PM-9:30PM: 250-watt 14K metal halides
Lighting Schedule for Softie Tank:
• 9:00AM-11:00PM: actinics
• 12:00AM-9:00PM: metal halides
Lighting Schedule for Frag Tank:
• 9:00AM-8:00PM
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