Lighting for my 55

[EvanHasFish]

I am in the midst of constructing a 55 gallon reef with a 40 gallon sump. I’m used to only having nano tanks (both fresh and salt) so I don’t quite know what I need to do for my lighting. Any suggestions for budget friendly lights?

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Hey Evan,

Welcome. What do you plan on keeping in the tank? Any corals? SPS, LPS, etc?

 

[Dcal]

2 black boxes can do every coral you want

 

[Captain coral]

I have two Viparspecra 165W lights on my 112. I'm pretty happy with them but found a video on YouTube where a guy modified the type of LEDs on the board to add more blue to the whit channel. BRS did a shoot out of black boxes and they were the winner. They were a bit critical of the white channel not having more blue which I agree with. I have 30 of the LEDs to modify my two fixtures by adding more UV and royal blue to the white channel. I currently run the blue channel at 100 and the white at 15%. Any more and I lose the "pop". I already removed the lenses to get better blending and lowered the light.

 

[Just a Wrasse.]

Whats the tank for, I recommend kessil lights.

 

[jt8791]

Reefbreeders Photon 48-V2+