Lights Failing, recommendations pls.

[Coral Hoarder]

If your looking to keep both Lps and sps I'd say go with the kessil unless your willing to fork out more Monny

Cheep LEDs seem to bleach Lps and grow brown sps

[Cody]

If I am willing to roll out more money, what would you recommend? I'm leaning towards Kessil at this point. For a 72" am I looking at a situation where I need 3 of the Tuna Sun fixtures and 3 of the Tuna Blues, or do they both have day/night modes? Also I assume there is the N (narrow) and W (wide) models, which is best for a 24" deep tank?

[Cody]

Wow, looking at $4500 for the vertex! Ouch. K, I think they are out. :drool:

[Aquattro]

http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-st...-8x80W-60.html

Then you can buy lots of SPS too

[Cody]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-st...-8x80W-60.html

Then you can buy lots of SPS too

I really like the price point of that fixture. I've been underwhelmed by the way my AquaticLife fixture lights my tank, but I certainly get strong coral growth. I guess considering the price, hopefully more reliable than my current fixture, and if I get the same coral growth then I can sacrifice the shimmer/'pop' of LED lighting.

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by Cody

I really like the price point of that fixture. I've been underwhelmed by the way my AquaticLife fixture lights my tank, but I certainly get strong coral growth. I guess considering the price, hopefully more reliable than my current fixture, and if I get the same coral growth then I can sacrifice the shimmer/'pop' of LED lighting.

The shimmer is why I went with LED's. Depending on your canopy/top, you could try the 4 bulb 60 inch ATI T5 fixture with maybe 3 Kessil's. Would start to get fairly expensive that way though.

[Skimmer Juice]

Originally Posted by Cody

If I am willing to roll out more money, what would you recommend? I'm leaning towards Kessil at this point. For a 72" am I looking at a situation where I need 3 of the Tuna Sun fixtures and 3 of the Tuna Blues, or do they both have day/night modes? Also I assume there is the N (narrow) and W (wide) models, which is best for a 24" deep tank?

for 72x 24 I would do 4 x a360n (narrow) tuna blue. You can adjust the white/blue channels separately . Narrow is better for a deeper tank.