Standard 75 gallon lighting questions

[btmedic04]

Hey folks, currently I am running a nuvo 20 and nuvo 10 both with radon xr15 G4 pros, diffusers and on the rms mounts. A co worker of mine is giving me a 75 gallon aquarium and I am wondering if the two xr15s will be enough light for a mixed reef with smart placement of sps? I will be doing two rock islands for my scape and I have also considered going the hybrid t5 route as well if required.

Current corals that would be transferred to the 75
Purple pocillopora
Green pocillopora
Chili pepper montipora
Hammer
Frogspawn
Trumpet
2x acans
7x zoa small colonies
2x mushrooms
Purple star polyp colony

Thanks!

 

[Water Dog]

One XR15 (essentially one puck) for each 24” x 18” area is a tall ask coverage wise for your SPS. You will be looking at shadowing issues. I’d look into T5 supplementation through the use of a 48” Aquaticlife T5 hybrid fixture to help with the pair of XR15s.

 

[btmedic04]

what bulb combination would you recommend? What about 3 xr15s? The price of the aquatic life fixture, bulbs and mounting options are approaching xr15 territory

 

[jsker]

I use two Hydra 26 HD's for a 48x 18 12" off the water and have great results.

 

[btmedic04]

I use two Hydra 26 HD's for a 48x 18 12" off the water and have great results.

Nice! Mixed reef? Do you have any pictures so I can get a visual? Thank you!

 

[jsker]

Nice! Mixed reef? Do you have any pictures so I can get a visual? Thank you!

Mixed reef. Head over to my build thread in my signature and I have a bunch of pictures.

 

[btmedic04]

Mixed reef. Head over to my build thread in my signature and I have a bunch of pictures.

Awesome! Thanks bud!

 

[Travis Stewart]

I use two Hydra 26 HD's for a 48x 18 12" off the water and have great results.

Same!!

 

[btmedic04]

Same!!

Thanks! That makes me feel better about trying my 2x XR15s first before getting another one or a hybrid T5 fixture.

 

[Water Dog]

what bulb combination would you recommend? What about 3 xr15s? The price of the aquatic life fixture, bulbs and mounting options are approaching xr15 territory

2 x Blue +
2 x Coral +

3 XR15s on a 75 will be tough due to the center brace.