60-90G tank lighting with AI PRIME HDs

[nightmarepl]

looking at getting a 60-90 gallon tank with a Height being 24 inches would the AI Prime HDs lights work i have two of them or would a

ORBIT MARINE IC PRO work better? for this​

how strong is a AI prime HD and what would i really be able to grow in this tank?

 

[piranhaman00]

at 24" high primes would not work, I would use Viparspectra, at that height they are money!

 

[nightmarepl]

at 24" high primes would not work, I would use Viparspectra, at that height they are money!

problem with them is their very basic on and off time of deal i really like the day to night cycle on the Primes

 

[dedragon]

looking at getting a 60-90 gallon tank with a Height being 24 inches would the AI Prime HDs lights work i have two of them or would a

ORBIT MARINE IC PRO work better? for this​

how strong is a AI prime HD and what would i really be able to grow in this tank?

2 primes will work fine for awhile, depending on what corals you are trying to grow, adding led light bars to them like the orphek or3 bars are a cheap way to get more par to the tank if you have more light demanding corals

 

[dedragon]

You will have a bit of trouble at 24" deep but what are the actual dimensions of this tank? Adding extra ai primes is also an option as the ai 32 and 64 are just more of the same led pucks added to an ai prime.
Orbit led is pretty trash though

 

[nightmarepl]

You will have a bit of trouble at 24" deep but what are the actual dimensions of this tank? Adding extra ai primes is also an option as the ai 32 and 64 are just more of the same led pucks added to an ai prime.
Orbit led is pretty trash though

yah i figured i didnt grow much with my first one, honestly bunch of softies maybe a stone twig here and there for some possible growth who knows honestly

 

[dedragon]

Brs tested 4 lights not 3 but i would think 3 would be fine for mostly softies. The or3 bars do throw out a lot more par for the price, harder to mount though

 

[piranhaman00]

At 24" with a 24" deep tank (standard 90 gal) primes will not work.

 

[piranhaman00]

problem with them is their very basic on and off time of deal i really like the day to night cycle on the Primes

Then you ware gonna need stronger more expensive lights.

 

[nereefpat]

The tank is 24" high, or the lights will be mounted 24" above the tank, or both?

With 2 Primes over a standard 90, I agree that's going to be pretty weak. But you can add more of them.

 

[dedragon]

though this might interest you @Luke iskra
this person is selling 2 ai prime hd for 300 check it out

USA - WTB - Selling two AI HD Prime LEDS

I have two AI HD Primes purchased 6 months ago (black). One is still in an unopened box. The other used less than 6 months. Will ship and sell both for $300.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[uhgster1]

If you supplement wit T5s you’ll be fine. I have three over a 65 gallon, 26 inches tall.

 

[Sump Crab]

If you supplement wit T5s you’ll be fine. I have three over a 65 gallon, 26 inches tall.

Hey. Sweet tank. What t5 kit are you using? Thanks.

 

[legionofdoon]

If you ever go to SeaWorld Orlando there is a 90 at the shark encounter that has spongoides and frogspawn it's using 3 prime 16s and it only uses blue (at least every time I've been there).

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

I think all of this would depend on what kind of dimensions we're talking about. I had a buddy with a 60 cube tank and only had a single Hydra 26 (so basically just 2x AI Prime) over it, and it looked great. Had excellent LPS growth at the bottom of the tank. A 90 cube would probably need 3x-4x AI Prime given the length and width of the tank. Probably would want 4x AI Prime over a 90g long.