Lighting dilemma

[MarineVet]

Hello all,

I have a dilemma when it comes to setting up my next tank and lighting selection. The tank is a 48x24x16 rimless 80gallon shallow reef. Will be a mixed reef with a desire for a lot of sps. thinking a wide selection of montis and some acros. I prefer Montis in form, but a acros for color.

I have the following lights available to place on this tank and need some opinions as to which ones to use and which to keep for a frag tank or sell to buy more coral.
1 x Radion Gen 1
1x Kessil A360we
1 x Ai prime HD
1 x AI prime non HD
1 x Kessil A150

I was thinking Kessil 360 and Radion with one or two ai prime for color tuning and dawn dusk effect.
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thanks for the help.
how would you lay out lighting given these available fixtuers? I would entertain selling some of the lights to buy either another Radion or Kessil 360 too

 

[AquaPhilNJ]

If you go through each manual for each light I think it should have specs, therefore you may be able to conclude which is best. You could also purchase a par meter that measures how well the lights perform. You can even rent one from bulkreefsupply.com . myself I have never used one and i'm using a single Radion Gen 3 for a 55 gallon long. On youtube bulkreefsupply has many videos about popular lights and their specs.

 

[Sailfin11]

I'd go with the radion in the middle and two primes on either side. I think that would be the best combo for aesthetics and function.

 

[MarineVet]

I'd go with the radion in the middle and two primes on either side. I think that would be the best combo for aesthetics and function.

Thanks all. I like the idea of the Radion and two primes. Do you think the par will be good for sps I the shallow tank? I know the Radion is fine, thinking the two primes in a 12x24 area each should also have enough par.