Cube lighting

Djtonton · Feb 25, 2014

What Photon would you recommend for a marineland 93 gal rimless cube 30x30x24?

Also do you guys still sell wp40s? I was thinking of grabbing the light and pump from you

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Djtonton · Feb 28, 2014

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Cubed Reefer · Feb 28, 2014

I run 8 bulb t5's on my 60 and 135 cube, not the answer you wanted but I had radions before and coverage was not really good at all, with the results I am getting from these fixtures glad they didnt cover well. IMO in a cube legthwise isnt the problem area of coverage it is the depth (front to back) that suffers the most.

CR

Djtonton · Feb 28, 2014

Cubed Reefer said:
I run 8 bulb t5's on my 60 and 135 cube, not the answer you wanted but I had radions before and coverage was not really good at all, with the results I am getting from these fixtures glad they didnt cover well. IMO in a cube legthwise isnt the problem area of coverage it is the depth (front to back) that suffers the most.

CR

yeah thats what i was worried about i was thinking maybe go with the lights on an angle diagonal and have them a little higher off the tank. What T5's are you running a DIY or is it a particular mfg?

Cubed Reefer · Feb 28, 2014

I run ATI fixtures, sunpowers on controllers, also coralvue make a pretty cool T5 fixture with 5 bulbs and moonlights. Really comes down to bulbs which I only use ATI. I thought the same but I like a clean even flow and the angle would just annoy me in the end lol.

CR

Edit: You can do like the picture above but 2 fixtures is needed, depending on cube size I guess, if I was gonna ever go back to LED i would do 2 120w maxspect razors just on my 60 or 2 160w 27" on my 135, personal pref on manufacturers.