Adding moonlights to my ATI

[nova65ss]

So I have been trying to find a suitable moonlight setup to use with my ATI 24" 8 bulb t5. My tank is a 93 cube 30 x 30 and 24 tall. I really want my corals to have that look for a few hours morning and night, the look that you see at events like macna in the vendor displays if you know what I mean. I looked at the reefbrite strips but premium is telling me they are way overkill and to look at the mini mags. I am guessing I would need two of them one on the front and back? They just look small and I know nothing about them or how to mount them?

I have also been talking with rapid led and they are telling me one of the 12" kits they have would be enough but I don't see how with one strip of leds all the way on the front of my t5 would be enough to light all the way back 25-30" ? Thinking maybe I should go two of those? One on the front and one on the back?

What would you guys suggest I am running a hood so the look doesn't really matter just function. Might just blow my budget and buy the powermodule combo I have been talking about it forever but if I can find a good alternative and cheaper I am all about that! Thank you

 

[huuta]

I use these to do what you are describing on my 75.I only have the all blue led Aquarium LED Lights: Current USA TrueLumen Pro LED Striplights

 

[Sahin]

The Reefbrites work out quite nicely for MANY people. I have seen so many build threads where reefers simple add a reefbrite in front and sometimes at the back of the ATI unit.

If you dont mind the DIY look (seeing as you are using a canopy) the DIY route will be cheapest. For your setup, a 12 LED kit without lens will be fine. You can have two C channels with 6 LED's on each C channel, at the front and back of your unit.

This is what I did to my ATI Sunpower: before ATI even made the LED/T5 Powermodule, I modified mine to have 4 tiny Moonlight LED's, and the more powerful Cree Royal Blue and Blue LED's:

Everything is internal, so once my light is facing down, it looks like a plain old ATI Sunpower.

I get that look you are after for an 30 minutes after T5's go off in the evening.

 

[nova65ss]

I saw your thread when i did some searches Sahin that is an awesome job! Wish i had the time and patience to do that. Thanks I think I will order a reefbrite and see how it looks if I need to get another I will after.

 

[JP-Reef]

If you add the reefbrites you will never set up a tank without them again! I have a reefbrite xho setup on my 48" ATI and I love it! It's probably the best purchase I've made for my set up! The colors are amazing on my corals since adding it.

 

[nova65ss]

Good to hear that JP! So you have one strip on the front? Are you using an 8 or 6 bulb t5 and how deep is your tank front to back? Thanks!

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[Sahin]

To be honest, I dont think there is anything as good as the reefbrites for this purpose. The reason I say this is because there is no lens and they include a mirror reflector. This will provide the greatest spread of the light.