Pls help with lighting choice & scape

[KonradTO]

Hi all,
At the moment my 32g tank (32x15x15 in) tank is divided in 2 "sections": the right side is quite empty aside of LR and some macro. The left side is where few frags I own are (duncan, zoas, paly, toadstool and 2 new seriatopora) and where the main rockwork is. Above that I keep a VIPARSPECTRA 165W at very low intensity (1%W,12%B).
Now, I am planning to start getting some more frags and I would like to pupulate also the right side of the tank, so after kind suggestion of another user I purchased a kessil A160 for this purpose. I was wondering whether I should use the kessil for the main rockwork and move the vipar on the empty (for now) side OR keep the vipar where it is and use the kessil on the other side. As far as I understood the kessil is much less powerful than the vipar but it has a much better spectrum, so I guess it would be better for colorful softies and lps right?
while the vipar should create less dark spots and with its crazy high PAR would be perfect for sps.
This means that I could use one side of the tank for SPS and the other for LPS corals.. what do you think? does it sound like a good idea?
Here you can see a picture of the scape from some months ago. Now I have some frags on the left side and I moved the macros to a fuge, and put some LR in their place.
I was thinking that the right side of the tank would be better for sps because the wavemaker is closer so the flow will be stronger. Also, I could cover the center with the vipar and the rockwork with the kessil, and leave the right side a bit darker for those species which require very little light.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi all,
At the moment my 32g tank (32x15x15 in) tank is divided in 2 "sections": the right side is quite empty aside of LR and some macro. The left side is where few frags I own are (duncan, zoas, paly, toadstool and 2 new seriatopora) and where the main rockwork is. Above that I keep a VIPARSPECTRA 165W at very low intensity (1%W,12%B).
Now, I am planning to start getting some more frags and I would like to pupulate also the right side of the tank, so after kind suggestion of another user I purchased a kessil A160 for this purpose. I was wondering whether I should use the kessil for the main rockwork and move the vipar on the empty (for now) side OR keep the vipar where it is and use the kessil on the other side. As far as I understood the kessil is much less powerful than the vipar but it has a much better spectrum, so I guess it would be better for colorful softies and lps right?
while the vipar should create less dark spots and with its crazy high PAR would be perfect for sps.
This means that I could use one side of the tank for SPS and the other for LPS corals.. what do you think? does it sound like a good idea?
Here you can see a picture of the scape from some months ago. Now I have some frags on the left side and I moved the macros to a fuge, and put some LR in their place.
I was thinking that the right side of the tank would be better for sps because the wavemaker is closer so the flow will be stronger. Also, I could cover the center with the vipar and the rockwork with the kessil, and leave the right side a bit darker for those species which require very little light.

Orphek OR3 light bars or two Ai hydra 26/32

 

[KonradTO]

Orphek OR3 light bars or two Ai hydra 26/32

Lol no wait, I already purchased the new light. It's a kessil A160. I don't know about Orphek but 2 AI hydra (even the 16s) are FAAAR from my max budget. It's like almost half the money I spend in a year for the tank XD

 

[vetteguy53081]

Lol no wait, I already purchased the new light. It's a kessil A160. I don't know about Orphek but 2 AI hydra (even the 16s) are FAAAR from my max budget. It's like almost half the money I spend in a year for the tank XD

You’ll likely need one more a160

 

[KonradTO]

You’ll likely need one more a160

also for LPS/softies?

 

[Shooter6]

8x3x2 400g.
4 ledzeal mirage x200 fixtures
15 inch off the water peaking at 35% per channel. = 300 par across the entire bottom

 

[Shooter6]

 

[KonradTO]

8x3x2 400g.
4 ledzeal mirage x200 fixtures
15 inch off the water peaking at 35% per channel. = 300 par across the entire bottom

yeah that probably costs like 3 times my entire tank, and I can easily include the cost of the kitchen as well

 

[Shooter6]

yeah that probably costs like 3 times my entire tank, and I can easily include the cost of the kitchen as well

Actually these lights saved me many thousands compared to other options

 

[KonradTO]

This is the present situation

-sps left or right side (or mixed)?
- viparspectra vs kessil a160 right or left side or together?
I will receive the kessil tomorrow but I don't know yet what to do with it

 

[KonradTO]

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[KonradTO]

Ok so, for now I integrated the viparspectra with the kessil. I really like the color that adds to the tank but in term of par is definitely weak compared to the vipar at minimum % settings.
I will do some tests with the luxometer to compare the intensity of the whites at different percentages.
What do you think about my setting? Would you rather run them separately (one on each side) or together and I will opt for a second viparspectra when I will require space for corals?