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Hello I am setting up a 40 gallon breeder tank. I have the tank, stand, return, and sump. Any suggestions on lighting? Thanks
 
I use 3 165 watt viparspectra lights on my 125 gallon and I have no issues growing anything from softies to sps I don’t think 1 would be enough spread for a 40 breeder so I would recommend the 300 watt

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I have a kessil a80 on my 14g biocube and corals are growing like crazy but do you think the tank is too deep for those
 
Check on your local Reefer forum and see if anyone has anything. I’ve always had good luck with lights on the forums. Even at a lfs there might be something you could use.
 
I ran 2 AI Prime HDs on my 40 breeder for a long time with great results! You can usually get a good deal on used ones here on the forums.
 
Do you plan on having coral? Because if not that'll drop the lighting cost way down
 
You could always go with t5’s as well about 8 years ago I had a 40 breeder and that is what I used corals grew amazing but since I switched to led I prob wouldn’t go back to t5
 
Nothing too expensive
I know what you're getting at here but its not that helpful. $400 would open you up to basically anything besides Radion, but then $200 would limit you to a few options. 80% of the people in this hobby are trying to do things on a budget but we need specifics to really help you out. Otherwise were all just throwing random stuff in this thread.
 
I’m sure it looks amazing just to rich for my blood I’ll stick with the viparspectra’s I’ve had them for over 2 years now and my corals grow amazing definitely got my money out of them already and there still going
 

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