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Currently my favorite tank is my 20L that has evolved to 1/3 zoa and 2/3 SPS. Utterly under rated tank for budget and flexibility. This obviously creates a lighting dilemma requiring two different light and much different intensity. Im still not sure what I'm doing with this tank so I'm keeping things cheap for now.
My SPS side side is covered- my modded Mars Aqua with lenses removed handles montipora like a champ.
For the softie side I just used spare parts. 4x XPG3 royals, 1x XPG3 neutral white, a 7" scrap piece of 4x1 C channel aluminum, and a 700mA meanwell LPC driver. Super glued the solder less LEDs and away we go. Maybe $40 in parts.
In terms of color it could use a cool blue or cyan to temper the purple cast of the neutral, but its still pretty darn good for a fixed ratio of LEDs.
Because my tanks are glass covered to reduce evap I just set the light on top of the glass. With bare LEDs the coverage is excellent. The birdsnest in the pic is partially under both lights and grows like a weed.
Lighting is soooooo over complicated in this hobby and muddled with pseudo science its almost its own parody.
My SPS side side is covered- my modded Mars Aqua with lenses removed handles montipora like a champ.
For the softie side I just used spare parts. 4x XPG3 royals, 1x XPG3 neutral white, a 7" scrap piece of 4x1 C channel aluminum, and a 700mA meanwell LPC driver. Super glued the solder less LEDs and away we go. Maybe $40 in parts.
In terms of color it could use a cool blue or cyan to temper the purple cast of the neutral, but its still pretty darn good for a fixed ratio of LEDs.
Because my tanks are glass covered to reduce evap I just set the light on top of the glass. With bare LEDs the coverage is excellent. The birdsnest in the pic is partially under both lights and grows like a weed.
Lighting is soooooo over complicated in this hobby and muddled with pseudo science its almost its own parody.