Show me your 92G Corner Bow Lighting!
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George Lopez
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Ok so I don't have a 92g corner but I do have a 44g corner. What I can tell you is that I had to custom make my sump to fit under it because of the space limitations and I had to shove it in from the back (doesn't fit through the front) and make sure you have a canopy over head for your lighting because its hard to get a good spread off a stock hood. I am by no means an authority on anything but have been told corners are hard to get the lighting right and flow. But I think I'm doing ok considering I started with a plain jane fresh water tank converted over. (Lighting is still an issue i will need to address I the near future)
I have a stock hood and am in the process of making a canopy and fecad so that I can get a better lighting with a better spread, as you can see I have a huge dark area towards the top rear of the tank, this is because of how the lights currently sit on the stock hood just above the water line and diagonally. I can only run 2 lights at max 18" long and 4" wide so my options have been limited. As far as flow I have a 750 gph powerhead in the top corner that really doesn't give me any dead spots just a soft flow under it but good flow throughout the entire tank and my sump is pushing 255 gph. I haven't had any filtration problems, just having to reduce my protein skimmer run time to keep some nutrients in the tank.
I hope this helps you with your decisions and I hope you post pics ifyou do get it because that's the same tank I want to upgrade into eventually (corner is the only place I can put a tank unfortunately).
the sump shot was when it was new
I have a stock hood and am in the process of making a canopy and fecad so that I can get a better lighting with a better spread, as you can see I have a huge dark area towards the top rear of the tank, this is because of how the lights currently sit on the stock hood just above the water line and diagonally. I can only run 2 lights at max 18" long and 4" wide so my options have been limited. As far as flow I have a 750 gph powerhead in the top corner that really doesn't give me any dead spots just a soft flow under it but good flow throughout the entire tank and my sump is pushing 255 gph. I haven't had any filtration problems, just having to reduce my protein skimmer run time to keep some nutrients in the tank.
I hope this helps you with your decisions and I hope you post pics ifyou do get it because that's the same tank I want to upgrade into eventually (corner is the only place I can put a tank unfortunately).
the sump shot was when it was new
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donnievaz
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I'm building an oversized base to fit my 29" long sump and will build a reflective canopy as well. I think I'm going to go with a 24" Photon V2. It's either that or 3 Kessil A160WE's but the Kessils are definitely out of the budget at this point.
George Lopez
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Believe me I understand out of budget lol just make sure you get a good spread out of the 24" ( honestly I think at least 2 separate lights would give you better coverage around your edges and top rear)
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donnievaz
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The Reefbreeders guy seems to think it will cover. We'll see, I'd rather just buy the one fixture obviously but I may be able to add a 16" if it's not enough. That would definitely cover the top rear if needed which is where most of the light hogs will be.
