210gal talk lighting setup

[Bruttall]

Forgot to mention lights are 12"-13" above the waterline.

without mods I have about 16 inches above my tank edge, 17 above water line to ceiling. Should accommodate them nicely, and still less height than Orpheks wanted.

 

[wisnia99]

Thanks for your picture. I’m running 4 Radions and 3 Kessils over my 72” tank. Whenever my wife tells me I went too crazy on lights I can just show her your lights and my setup will seem tame.

Why do you guys need so much light? I mean wouldst 3 XR30s be enough to grow whatever you want?

 

[xabo]

In my case i'm looking to get ahead of shadowing as the colonies grow.

 

[Troylee]

Why do you guys need so much light? I mean wouldst 3 XR30s be enough to grow whatever you want?

Not quite sure… lol… I’ve seen some crazy tanks personally with six xr30’s over a 8ft tank sheesh… im gonna run three xr15 over a 120 myself lol.. I run a single on my 60gal cube and Sps grow fine!

 

[Bruttall]

I have an 8 foot long, 2 foot wide, 31 inch deep tank. it's the 30 inches of water depth that require the powerful lights. And I like to research and Talk Shop about peripherals for fish tanks.

I have a pair of 100watt lights on my 75g. 16 inches of water depth and I see the difference between the top of my rocks and the bottom in light intensity. That would be even more pronounced in nearly double that depth of water, plus I have a 22 inch wide glass center brace 5/8th inch thick I need light to penatrate.

 

[Jbell370]

What do you mean by the difference? Man 5 of them is alot of light!

Tank was not as bright and the ends just seemed darker, I run a WWC program and perhaps could have changed things to compensate for the missing G5, however the 5 units is what I prefer. Crappy cell pics, next reef upgrade - new camera.