Lighting recommendations for a 30 tank

[seth16]

I have a 30 gallon tank currently with a 19 watt light, im aware that I'll need a stronger light, how many watts and what type of lights should I get in order to have moderate lightning.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

What dimensions are the tank?
Have you looked at pics of other tanks? just to get a feel of how a kessil, or Black box(sbreeflight), or a Maxspect razor styles would look?
And the big question, budget....

 

[Jisko]

personally I have a 30g tank and if I had the budget id go with a maxspect razor as I've seen it in use and I love the colors it brings out in corals. A good example is my stripped candy cane, under my lighting its brown and green with tan lines but under a maxspect its purple neon green with glowing white lines. I will say I'm using a super cheap strip light for the time being but soon I'll be upgrading to a black box.

this is the light I'm going to be getting
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UMXAR5S/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1BSXM5KIS5MZE

 

[seth16]

I'm currently not home atm but I do know that the tank is ~30 inches long and is a little taller than a typical 30 gallon, and yes lol I'd like to keep it around 100$ give or take a few dollars I have some pictures of it in its early stages if that will help any.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

personally I have a 30g tank and if I had the budget id go with a maxspect razor as I've seen it in use and I love the colors it brings out in corals. A good example is my stripped candy cane, under my lighting its brown and green with tan lines but under a maxspect its purple neon green with glowing white lines. I will say I'm using a super cheap strip light for the time being but soon I'll be upgrading to a black box.

this is the light I'm going to be getting
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UMXAR5S/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1BSXM5KIS5MZE

Hmmm. Consider joining the culs of SB.

 

[Jisko]

I'm currently not home atm but I do know that the tank is ~30 inches long and is a little taller than a typical 30 gallon, and yes lol I'd like to keep it around 100$ give or take a few dollars I have some pictures of it in its early stages if that will help any.

then yeah a black box is more of your price change check out the one I posted above it is for a 24x24 but has a max spread of 30x24 I believe its $140 but I've seen it for $120 before

Hmmm. Consider joining the culs of SB.

culs of SB? what's that haha

 

[LetItReef]

A dual T5 might work depending on what you are keeping.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

culs of SB? what's that haha

Its me not finishing my coffee.

The CULT of SB.

were I to buy a no frills 30 or 32 in or a BB in general Id go SBreeflight. not much more, a warranty, Mike the owner is here on R2r, and the results are pretty amazing.

 

[seth16]

Wow that's is for the advice, I'd like to keep ricordeas, leather corals, zoa's, and possibly acros

 

[Jisko]

A dual T5 might work depending on what you are keeping.

only problem I find with T5s are the heat and price of bulbs to keep a good color.... my room is about 80 degrees at all times and if I used T5s I'd need a fridge hooked up to my tank haha

 

[Jisko]

Wow that's is for the advice, I'd like to keep ricordeas, leather corals, zoa's, and possibly acros

yeah a black box is all youll need... I have an entire list of corals in my tank and I'm using a $30 light with a timer I got from walmart haha

 

[seth16]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019QAZX9C/ref=psdc_2975458011_t1_B00UMXAR5S

 

[seth16]

Would something like this be good enough?

 

[Jisko]

Would something like this be good enough?

I'm far from a pro when it comes to lighting but I will drop a link to a thread all about black boxes

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/favorite-black-box-led-light.290279/

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I'll just leave this here.
https://sbreeflights.com/sbox-reef-lights/1-sbox-basic.html

 

[Jisko]

I'll just leave this here.
https://sbreeflights.com/sbox-reef-lights/1-sbox-basic.html

my only problem with this stuff is its not programmable :\ I got so spoiled with my light on my nano aha

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Ya know though, a BB is 16in the tank is 30.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300W-Dimmab...mp-/141348521401?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

my only problem with this stuff is its not programmable :\ I got so spoiled with my light on my nano aha

thats the cheap one. I have the ramping.
https://sbreeflights.com/5-sbox-reef-lights

 

[Jisko]

thats the cheap one. I have the ramping.
https://sbreeflights.com/5-sbox-reef-lights

wait... how many tanks do you have.. haha I've never seen them

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

wait... how many tanks do you have.. haha I've never seen them

2.5 A 30g sumpless and a 55g sumped. And a 14g coral QT

I never update and the 55 ive never done a thread on.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-cherry-30-cube-saltyfilmfolks.248152/