so I"m building out my first big reef system. next stage is adding a frag tank in my fishroom. it will be tied into my main system and is a 33long tank. (48x12x12) plan on building a light for it. the use of this tank will be for me to learn more about coral propgation, and to grow out colonies before I add them to the display, and possibly really get into coral propgation down the road.
for a simple frag light i'm looking at a few diyish options:
straight LED, and heavy in the 395-500 spectrum with just a bit of white. this was wear I was looking to go, but then was thinking if I want to get into sps and what not a more diffuse light might be advantagous
hybrid. 2x48in t5ho one on either side of a reduced sized LED array
4xt5 try to get a decent deal on a ati 4x48 light and just call it a day.
just go f it and get 2 cheap black boxes and maybe tweak the spectrum a bit. (boring option though but prolly most economical)
for growth speed/color what is the best bang for buck these days?
for a simple frag light i'm looking at a few diyish options:
straight LED, and heavy in the 395-500 spectrum with just a bit of white. this was wear I was looking to go, but then was thinking if I want to get into sps and what not a more diffuse light might be advantagous
hybrid. 2x48in t5ho one on either side of a reduced sized LED array
4xt5 try to get a decent deal on a ati 4x48 light and just call it a day.
just go f it and get 2 cheap black boxes and maybe tweak the spectrum a bit. (boring option though but prolly most economical)
for growth speed/color what is the best bang for buck these days?