light required by diferent corals

[StirCrazy]

Originally posted by Reef_Raf:
Steve, I don't think the phrase "SPS should have as much light as it can get.." is entirely accurate.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't either, but when you ask a reefer what kinda lights you should get if you plan on keeping SPS 9 out of 10 times they reply "250 watt MH min preferably 400watt" with out even flinching. I have read posts whare people say they have SPS under VHO and PC's that are growing and everyone stops just short of calling them a lier.

this is why I am curious to the PAR lighting requirments of various corals. maby by using different combanations/types of lights it is possable to recreat the basic requirments of the corals. who knows maby I am grabbing at straws but I think it is something worth looking into now that I have the equipment to get started.

Steve