Rate the lighting

[Eoka]

Thoughts on lighting setup

 

[AKG]

Is it actually as yellow as the photo? Your white balance seems off.

 

[Eoka]

Is it actually as yellow as the photo? Your white balance seems off.

It's white LED there 100w shop lights with a black box in the middle I'm to lazy to get 2 more black boxes

 

[ZoWhat]

Most interested in what's behind the curtain....

 

[Eoka]

The outside

 

[AKG]

My issue is if that's your white and it's under 5000k it's going to grow a lot of algae until the corals can compete with the algae. The lights are fine with me if they are with you but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

 

[Eoka]

My issue is if that's your white and it's under 5000k it's going to grow a lot of algae until the corals can compete with the algae. The lights are fine with me if they are with you but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

It's like 4 months old and haven't seen many issues honestly even when I had 11 fish that r now all dead from velvet

 

[Gtinnel]

IMO that looks awful, the yellow light does not look right on an aquarium.

I normally wouldn’t have said it but you asked.

 

[AKG]

It's like 4 months old and haven't seen many issues honestly even when I had 11 fish that r now all dead from velvet

11 fish dead, 50 gallon tank, no problems though my tank was good.

You do you, but fish definitely get stressed the hell out when lighting suddenly changes and with 11 fish I would bet they were pacing the tank and fighting in a tank that size.

But I wasn't there, I just know these animals come out of oceans where they typically stake claim to spaces the size of ovens or larger and migrate across entire oceans.


Just remove the blue light, it's not doing you or the fish any favors lol.

 

[Gtinnel]

50 gallon tank

Not that it matters to the point of the thread, but how do you know it’s 50g. The dimensions look more like a 125 to me.

 

[AKG]

Not that it matters to the point of the thread, but how do you know it’s 50g. The dimensions look more like a 125 to me.

You're right I had some brain damage last week and confused another thread but yes it looks quite long doesn't it? Either way, 11 fish means nothing unless we know what fish and on top of that, I guess they only asked about lighting. My two cents though I agree it looks bad.

 

[Gtinnel]

You're right I had some brain damage last week and confused another thread but yes it looks quite long doesn't it? Either way, 11 fish means nothing unless we know what fish and on top of that, I guess they only asked about lighting. My two cents though I agree it looks bad.

Honestly I was just curious if I missed something.

 

[AKG]

Honestly I was just curious if I missed something.

No I noticed the bucket underneath and it could easily be 125++ but still I do not like the lighting when a tank that big would be friggin beautiful if op just ran the yellows +green star polyps or something

 

[Eoka]

Not that it matters to the point of the thread, but how do you know it’s 50g. The dimensions look more like a 125 to me.

Yea I'm gonna get 2 more black boxes eventually just looks goofy rn and those r white LED and yes its a 125g. The fish death had nothing to do with the lighting or water quality it was just velvet I have 3 alive still

 

[Gtinnel]

Yea I'm gonna get 2 more black boxes eventually just looks goofy rn and those r white LED and yes its a 125g. The fish death had nothing to do with the lighting or water quality it was just velvet I have 3 alive still

It will look much better with a few more black boxes instead of the regular lights. I would also recommend moving the black box higher up. It will help prevent the disco ball effect.

 

[Eoka]

It will look much better with a few more black boxes instead of the regular lights. I would also recommend moving the black box higher up. It will help prevent the disco ball effect.

Okay thx