Will it be a good and suitable combination?

[Yehuda Dana]

Hello,
My SPS dominant reef tank is 130x60x67cm, and I light it with ATI Sunpower 8 T5 bulbs.
I would like to have additional light source (mainly for "human eyes view". For the corals growth current lighting system seems to be just fine).

I am thinking of adding 3 Kessil A360X.
Placing them just few cm beneath the ATI Sunpower fixture.

Would it be good combination?

 

[Bpb]

The shimmer provided by them will be heavily muted. How close to the water will they be?

 

[Yehuda Dana]

The shimmer provided by them will be heavily muted. How close to the water will they be?

Regarding the shimmer - I am ok with that.

I believe they will be around 18-20cm above the water surface.

 

[Yehuda Dana]

Basically, I should raise the light power up to 30%?
Lets say starting with 10%, and increased by extra 5% once a week?

 

[Yehuda Dana]

Anyone with lighting combination of Kessil A360x and T5 here please?
Please share your thoughts and FTS photos

 

[bobnicaragua]

I’ve run Kessils and T5 in the past. I would add blue LED bars to the side of your fixture instead of blocking the fixture with kessils underneath. This would give you better pop, but little shimmer.

I used to have 4 kessil A80s between 4 T5 on a 3 foot tank. The lights were 4 or 5 inches from the water and there was a lot of shimmer. ( the canopy is flipped up in the pic, the t5 on top swing down when the canopy is closed.)

Sorry no filter on these old pics.