Reefer 170 lightning and flow

Alejandro Villalpando · Jan 31, 2020

Hey everyone I have a red sea reefer 170. It's been up and running for about a year now. I just added some zoa frags and some bubble tip anemones. Question is I have 1 ai prime 16 and I 1 mp 10. Do you guys think I should add another ai prime and mp 10?

Ron Reefman · Feb 1, 2020

Just to be helpful, not everybody knows the size or gallons in a Red Sea Reefer 75 tank, or the flow of the MP10 or the PAR of an AI Prime 16.

I've been around the hobby for 20 years and I don't know any of those off the top of my head. So to answer your question, I'd have to look up all that info. It would be way better in terms of your getting replies, if you gave out that info in your post.

Just trying to be helpful. No criticism intended.

Reefer40b · Feb 1, 2020

Do you plan on growing sticks? if so then yes add both!

IslandLifeReef · Feb 1, 2020

Even if you don't plan on adding SPS, I would add another light if you are interested in any coral. The minimum recommended light is a hydra 26. @Chaswood79 runs 2 hydra 52's and grows a lot of SPS. My best guess is if you are running that prime at full blast, you are probably getting a max PAR of 150, with most of the tank being less than 80 PAR.

Blitheran · Feb 1, 2020

On my 170 I run two mp-40s, 2 xr-15s and 2 t5 bulbs

Charlie’s Frags · Feb 1, 2020

IslandLifeReef said:
Even if you don't plan on adding SPS, I would add another light if you are interested in any coral. The minimum recommended light is a hydra 26. @Chaswood79 runs 2 hydra 52's and grows a lot of SPS. My best guess is if you are running that prime at full blast, you are probably getting a max PAR of 150, with most of the tank being less than 80 PAR.

I just bought a new prime 16 hd for my 5 gallon frag tank and I was surprised how low the par was, even on a 5 gallon. I had to over drive all blues and v, uv with whites at 25 just to get 250 par on a 5 gallon cube.