Buying a new tank that is 30'' deep help.

[reefslugs]

I currently have a Planet Reef 120 (48x25x25). On this tank I am running two Radion XR30 blues. I'm getting ready to put all new flooring in my house. There for I have to take the tank down for the new flooring. I'm thinking since I have to take it down, maybe I should buy a bigger tank. I'm looking at buying the Planet Reef 234 ( 60x30x25).

So now I'm trying to figure out what lighting I need to buy for a 30'' deep tank. I'm wondering if I use the Radion Xr30's and mount them long ways from front to back. Do you think I can get away with a Radion XR15 in the middle? Since the Planet Reef tanks have their overflows in the middle of the back glass. Then again do I need to buy another XR30? My tank is a mixed reef, so I don't need absolute coverage. Actually I need more soft spots for the LPS and softies. Or is there another lighting setup that would be better for this size tank?

 

[Bpb]

Pair of new xr15’s will probably be fine. You don’t need high light to reach every seam. Just place corals where appropriate. Easy peasy

 

[Biff0rz]

I have a 60x30x30, also w a middle return. I run 5 kessil a360's and it's a lot. I had 4x 60" T5's on there too but have since turned them off, par was too high. I think if you keep the 30s and add a 15 you'll be fine so long as you don't keep sps in the middle bottom. The first 24" of the tank will still get good sps par. Your bigger challenge will be getting a good scape setup that goes fairly high.

 

[Shooter6]

This is an option, this is an 8x3x2' sps reef. At 40% per channel I get 300 par evenly across the bottom. Lights 17 inch off the water.

 

[Brucealmighty]

This is an option, this is an 8x3x2' sps reef. At 40% per channel I get 300 par evenly across the bottom. Lights 17 inch off the water.

Nice lights, but what are they?, are they DIY? or are they manufactured from someone?

 

[Shooter6]

Nice lights, but what are they?, are they DIY? or are they manufactured from someone?

They are the ledzeal.com
Mirage x200 superblue.
23.5"×9.5"
There's also the x300 which is 35.5 inch long and has a 3rd cluster of leds.
Wifi app controlled you order direct from the manufacturer.
Email them ( website kinda sucks lol) they send you the price with breakdown, light price, shipping price ect. Cuts out any middleman!
Lit my 8x3x2 400g for less then 2 radion xr30 which I would have needed 8 of to match par and spread that these 4 provide.