How much PAR do I need for softies and hammers/frogspawn in a 180 gallon...?

salty150 · Jan 18, 2023

Keep going back and forth between a softies only plus hammers/frogspawn - and a FOWLR...

I REALLY love some fish that can't be kept in a reef - Angels (large and small) and Butterflies mostly...

But I also REALLY love the look of flowing corals in a tank and not just still live rock, etc...

So my question is - how much PAR do I need for softies and hammers/frogspawn in a 180 gallon...?

Thanks!

salty150 · Jan 18, 2023

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spsick · Jan 18, 2023

75-100 mmol is plenty

ElementReefer · Jan 18, 2023

Consider a Fluval light. They aren’t powerful enough for a lot of coral, but they do fine with softies and low light LPS.

Affordable, programmable, and they make FANTASTIC fish only lights for FOWLR or cichlids, so if you went that direction you wouldn’t have wasted your money.