New to the SW world

[BlueAbyss]

I have only zoas / palys and a Trachyphyllia open brain coral under my MH (14K, 70W), and everything seems fine being around 8" from the light (the open brain is on the sandbed, so more like 12"). I've had things closer to the light also and have yet to see a coral melt from overlighting. If your tank is over 18" deep, you could likely go with a 150W MH and as long as you acclimate your corals LPS should be okay if they're in the bottom half of the tank (which is where'd you probably want to keep them anyhow). Well, that's if you decided you wanted to go with MH. T5s are awesome, but I'm seriously addicted to MH

Out of curiosity, what are the dimensions of your tank?

[Reef_surfer]

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

Out of curiosity, what are the dimensions of your tank?

it is 30"x12.5x18.25. LxWxH kind of an odd ball tank. i purchased it 2ns hand and the lady thought it was a 30 gallon but i had a spare 30 gallon and its totally different dimensions so im assuming my new tank is a 33 gallon.

also i think i may go with MH after all. Kelly from the ReefShoppe is hooking me up with a 250W MH for a good price so i cant go wrong, just have to fabricate a bracket as im not allowed to hang anything from the ceiling (the joys of having landlords)