AI Prime Supplemental light

sil40sx · Sep 27, 2016

Hi everyone, just need some advice for my lighting. I have an AI Prime on my IM Nuvo 25 Lagoon, and I feel like one Prime is not cutting it. So I am torn if I get an additional prime, or get a single 24" T5 fixture that I can attach to my Prime bracket. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKKUBD...TF8&colid=1O71THU0RBZZG&coliid=I1CXZPSFPX1H02

What do you guys/gals think will yield better results? I mean aesthetically, and coral health wise?

Thanks in advance!

Broadfield · Sep 28, 2016

sil40sx said:
Hi everyone, just need some advice for my lighting. I have an AI Prime on my IM Nuvo 25 Lagoon, and I feel like one Prime is not cutting it. So I am torn if I get an additional prime, or get a single 24" T5 fixture that I can attach to my Prime bracket. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKKUBD...TF8&colid=1O71THU0RBZZG&coliid=I1CXZPSFPX1H02

What do you guys/gals think will yield better results? I mean aesthetically, and coral health wise?

Thanks in advance!

I would simply do a 2nd Prime. I always recommend one Prime per 12" of tank length. And since that tank is really shallow, those Primes will easily give you enough output to grow whatever you want. On top of that, it will be much more aesthetically appealing than a add-on T5 fixture. Now if you were going to switch to an actual T5/LED hybrid fixture, then that's a different story.

Ali350z · Sep 28, 2016

2 primes

sil40sx · Sep 28, 2016

Thanks, Im actually leaning towards 2 primes now after reading suggestions. (From here and other forum).

It is the most convenient and logical way without doing some modifications and/or spending lots of money.