Lighting for Mixed Reef

[Wildcats1023]

Looking to see what others have over their 180 and 220 gallon reefs for lighting. I have led on my mixed reef but will be upgrading to a 180 or 220 soon. My sps now are growing and most have great color. The 2 I'm having the most trouble with are strawberry shortcake and pink lemonade. I have the chance to get MH at a good price right now. Would it be wise to switch to MH if I'm wanting to have a lot of different sps corals? I see so many awesome sps tanks with MH lighting and Also great sps tanks with LED lights. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Parameters are all within the acceptable ranges.

 

[trido]

All LED until January when I added a couple T-5s. I cant say the T-5s are doing anything great. They are getting rid of some shadowing though.

 

[Wildcats1023]

I meant to attach these pics. Ignore the clove polyps they are gone now.

 

[nervousmonkey]

Definitely get the metal halides. Keep your LED's too, but just dial them down. I prefer a MH bulb of 14K to 20K; 14K better for growth, 20K awesome for coloration, and keeping the LED's but just leaving the blue spectrum on will make your tank shimmer. I'd go with a 20K bulb since you have nice growth and PE already. What wattage are you looking at and how deep is the tank?

 

[Wildcats1023]

The 180 would 24” deep the 220 would be 30” deep. These are the lights


3 CoralVue Lumen Bright metal halide pendants.
3 mogul sockets
3 four hundred watt mogul lamps
3 CoralVue Luxcore selectable wattage ballasts

The LED lights I have are 16" boxes how would I use them with MH lights?