Help with Frag Tank Light Please!

[Cody.P]

Hey Everyone!

I am looking to change around my current frag tank lighting. The tank is 48x24x12. Currently I am running a four bulb t5 fixture I built out of an old grow light I bought off a fellow reefer. Running three blue plus and one purple plus. It is mounted roughly 20" off the tank (easier to get in the tank this way). Anyways I am not getting the color I would like out of my corals. I have always been an LED guy and want to get back to that way. On my 75gallon display I am running two Kessil 360W-Es with two blue plus bulbs and am happy so far.

In the frag tank I currently have just zoas. But I plan to get a little bit of SPS and I plan to start QTing Magnifica anenomes which demand high light.
For the frag tank, do you think it would be best to abandon the T5 completely and go to LED or leave the 4 bulb in place and add some LEDs to supplement?
Here are the different options I am thinking about but I am open to suggestions. I mostly want to know if you think on their own if they would have enough power for a magnifica seeing as how the tank is so shallow. If not, would they if paired with T5? Or what would you recomend?

AI prime 16HD x2
or
Kessil A160WE x2


Thanks,
Cody

 

[reef lover]

Bump!

 

[Mr Fishface]

Personally i would get led to add with the t5. I have no experience with ai prime but i love my kessils. I have 2 kessil 360we with four, 4 foot long, t5 bulbs on my 125. Runs great. I had a 360we on my frag tank and had plans to add t5 to it too. My frag tank is a 40b that isnt filled all the way to the top. More like 14 inches tall. I ended up finding an old metal halide system so i put a 250w mh over it instead. I believe that t5 with led is a powerful combo.

 

[jda]

You can probably just lower your current fixture down and get all that you want.

If you are going to buy something, I always found it smart to match your display.