Budget lighting

[lstmysock11]

Looking for lighting for a reef tank I am planing on building. Will be a SCA 50 PNP tank. Looking to keep my price at max 300 for the light. Going to have Zoas Corals.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

What are the dimensions of the tank? Are you looking at led or?

 

[lstmysock11]

http://www.scaquariums.com/SCA-50-Gallon-Starfire-Tank-p/sca-50g.htm, for this tank. So 24X24X20

 

[Aqua Man]

Check out vipar spectra

 

[saturn13]

viparspectra

 

[Aqua Man]

Viparspectra 165watt, Anyone using these?

Hi, I'm new to this site and can't find if it has been asked before. So my question is, is anyone else using these viparspectra led lights? I have had one since Xmas, 8" over a 24x18x18 mixed reef, I have worked upto a setting of 65% blue an 20% white, which have worked upto and I have only had...

www.reef2reef.com

It turns out that are quite a few of us running these lights!

 

[lstmysock11]

, So something like this? Best way to mount it and best distance from the tank? Would prefer not to have to hang it from the ceiling.

 

[Galiant50]

, So something like this? Best way to mount it and best distance from the tank? Would prefer not to have to hang it from the ceiling.

What does your current stand look like? I DIY'd a stand by building the frame and then putting shiplap around the frame. I plan on making a 24" high canopy with the same design and hanging the lights inside the canopy.

If that's not an option, there's often brackets you can buy to place on the rim of your tank if your tank is rimmed.

 

[lstmysock11]

What does your current stand look like? I DIY'd a stand by building the frame and then putting shiplap around the frame. I plan on making a 24" high canopy with the same design and hanging the lights inside the canopy.

If that's not an option, there's often brackets you can buy to place on the rim of your tank if your tank is rimmed.

http://www.scaquariums.com/product-p/sca-50gpnpb.htm, Would be this the matt black cabinet. Well when I do order this system.

 

[lstmysock11]

, Found this when I asked on the SCA aquarium group on ideas.