Red Sea reefer 170 sps lighting

[BIackfrost]

I was trying to decide what lights would be the best option for an sps only reefer 170 build, my initial thought was the ATI sunpower 24w, but I wasn't sure weather 6 or 8 bulbs would be better or the bulb options, I've always used a mix of blue plus and coral plus, but would love to hear anyone else's opinion on different bulb mixes or if they think something different entirely would be better.

 

[MIReefer78]

I have a Reefer 170 with a Kessil 360 over it, no SPS tho. Depends on your budget but if it were me I’d throw an Ecotech XR30 G4 Pro on it and call it good

 

[BIackfrost]

I was considering the XR30 but just liked the ability of plug and play with t5 in terms of not having to find a lighting schedule and spectrum that works for your specific application.

 

[BIackfrost]

I was considering the XR30 but just liked the ability of plug and play with t5 in terms of not having to find a lighting schedule and spectrum that works for your specific application.

 

[HolisticBear]

The tidal gardens T5 bulb YouTube videos are really big nice for showing the same corals under different combinations of bulbs.

+1 for not messsing with spectrum.

I think BRS did PAR charts for an ATI T5 fixture, not positive. If so, that video might help. I bet 6 is plenty, but 8 gives you options for different combo in morning vs day.