Good Morning, I currently have a 90 Gal tank (48" x 18" X 22") with corals and a few fishes, I have a few hammerheads and frogspawns and a few SPS corals, long story short been in hobby since all Aug, met a hobbist that told us if we wanted to upgrade from our 38g to a bigger one he had all the equipment would get us all set up for what we needed.....after bringing the tank,other equipment and settting it all up......we were left on our own. We were very lost on how the sump worked...etc Didnt hear back from him. luckily i got someone in the hobby off FB to come help look at things and some reccomendations bc all my sps corals were BLEACHED/DEAD?
SO to my question, he set up with T5 lighting, it has 2 white bulbs 2 blue bulbs no brand just a light fixture that lays on top of tank.....was told we most likely wasnt getting enough light for the SPS... ANY LIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE GREAT ON LIGHTS, i did some research and it was overwhelming. TIA
I also tested the water
ph 8.1
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 5ppm
alk 8.5 dkh
calcium test color never changed so im assuming its higher then the test does?
magnesium 1440
phosphate .5ppm
salinity 1.027
SO to my question, he set up with T5 lighting, it has 2 white bulbs 2 blue bulbs no brand just a light fixture that lays on top of tank.....was told we most likely wasnt getting enough light for the SPS... ANY LIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE GREAT ON LIGHTS, i did some research and it was overwhelming. TIA
I also tested the water
ph 8.1
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 5ppm
alk 8.5 dkh
calcium test color never changed so im assuming its higher then the test does?
magnesium 1440
phosphate .5ppm
salinity 1.027