Lighting my 20g high

Asbury030 · Aug 13, 2018

Hey guys well I have a 20g high and I'm thinking of going back to leds preferably AI prime HD or the hydra 26 HD. My coral dont seen to be happy with my most recent setup ( 2 t5 ati coral plus + reefbrite 24" xho on about 20% about 12" from the water) my question is could I get away with 1 prime HD or should I go with the 26?

Diesel · Aug 13, 2018

Why not change one bulb out to a blue +?
I bet you get better results.

Asbury030 · Aug 13, 2018

Im sorry I have both blue +. My apologies

Diesel · Aug 13, 2018

Do what isn’t happy here?
Your corals or you don’t like how your tank is maturing?
It can also be a parameter issue.
Your light source is good imo.
How long you have the lights on?

Tuffyyyyy · Aug 13, 2018

First tip: stop rooting for Florida.

Second: could you take a picture of your lighting? I agree with Diesel that you’ve got a pretty good setup. If you’re set on switching out your lighting I would probably suggest 2x AI Primes. Another idea might be that you could do a T5 & LED hybrid. Run your T5s with an AI Prime during the day and then have the T5 turn off when you get home so that way your lights are running at the desired spectrum. Also then you only have to get one light and should still have good coral growth.

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GK3 · Aug 13, 2018

Asbury030 said:
Hey guys well I have a 20g high and I'm thinking of going back to leds preferably AI prime HD or the hydra 26 HD. My coral dont seen to be happy with my most recent setup ( 2 t5 ati coral plus + reefbrite 24" xho on about 20% about 12" from the water) my question is could I get away with 1 prime HD or should I go with the 26?

Go gators!

Asbury030 · Aug 14, 2018

It doesn't seem like the coral are happy with it, but the anemones seem to be happy, but my Duncans and zoas dont look so hot. I run my lights for 8hrs.