Aparker2005
Valuable Member
Hey everyone. May be looking to upgrade our lighting in the future, but not sure if we really need to. I feel we have enough light, and it's mostly nutrients that we're lacking.
We have a 125 mixed reef (standard 72x21x18) with 4 52w Current USA R24s, and 2 95w R24s.
We did have a ton of coral, but we had a lot going with life and I ended up skipping my weekly/bi weekly water changes for a while. Ended up losing all of our euphylia , sps, lps, mostly everything. I lost my huge Duncan colony and currently our newest Duncan will only open when the lights are off.
Our BTA are thriving, have split, and are growing. We also still have a lot of zoas, mushrooms, toadstools, and gsp. We also have a nice bubble coral, and finger leathers.
Do these 6 lights seem like they should be enough? I've never loved the spectrum of them, but they seemed to grow coral well and I love the ramp up/down feature.
I got all of these for free from Current at the time, so while very fortunate, I would like a better spectrum/color. These Currents just always have an "off" look to them except for when just the blues are on.
I don't want anything mounting to the ceiling and would ideally like tank mounted with ramp up and down features. This tank is a non drilled standard Aqueon from Petsmart, so has the thick black plastic trim.
Any ideas? Thanks!
We have a 125 mixed reef (standard 72x21x18) with 4 52w Current USA R24s, and 2 95w R24s.
We did have a ton of coral, but we had a lot going with life and I ended up skipping my weekly/bi weekly water changes for a while. Ended up losing all of our euphylia , sps, lps, mostly everything. I lost my huge Duncan colony and currently our newest Duncan will only open when the lights are off.
Our BTA are thriving, have split, and are growing. We also still have a lot of zoas, mushrooms, toadstools, and gsp. We also have a nice bubble coral, and finger leathers.
Do these 6 lights seem like they should be enough? I've never loved the spectrum of them, but they seemed to grow coral well and I love the ramp up/down feature.
I got all of these for free from Current at the time, so while very fortunate, I would like a better spectrum/color. These Currents just always have an "off" look to them except for when just the blues are on.
I don't want anything mounting to the ceiling and would ideally like tank mounted with ramp up and down features. This tank is a non drilled standard Aqueon from Petsmart, so has the thick black plastic trim.
Any ideas? Thanks!
