Will this be enough light?

JTittle · Aug 15, 2016

I got a Kessil A360W with the gooseneck and the 90 degree adapter. My new tank is a 93gal cube that measures 30"x30"x25.5"deep. Will one of these lights be enough or should I have two. I have a mixed reef currently and want to make sure everything will be happy in the new tank. Thanks for the help.

Jblunkall · Aug 15, 2016

Probably not going to be enough. The kessils say they will cover 24x24 I believe. You will have shadows on the sides.

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 16, 2016

They do offer a wide lens I believe but with no par data on the site I can't tell how much intensity you will lose.

iiluisii · Aug 17, 2016

For a 30x30 you will need 4 of them. If you are planning to keep all types of corals. Kessils don't have much punch but they are great lights

JTittle · Aug 17, 2016

iiluisii said:
For a 30x30 you will need 4 of them. If you are planning to keep all types of corals. Kessils don't have much punch but they are great lights

Seriously? They say that they cover an area of 24x24 so two of them should be plenty correct?

iiluisii · Aug 17, 2016

JTittle said:
Seriously? They say that they cover an area of 24x24 so two of them should be plenty correct?

Coverage area to your eyes but not for the tank inhabitants. Unless you are planning to only keep sps dead center and soft corals on the outsides

iiluisii · Aug 17, 2016

Kessils are great lights but they don't have much punch power. You could add some t5s and it will be ok

tcoyle · Aug 17, 2016

1 will not be enough, 2 sufficient. On my 65 (36x24) I run 2 T5 retro kits and the kessils. When I ran just 2 kessils I hated the shadows.

JTittle · Aug 18, 2016

Well I decided to pick up another Kessil and the spectral controller. I have a Reefkeeper Elite, but I am thinking about getting the Apex at some point so I didn't want to try to set it up through the RKE. On a positive note I realized that the Kessil Light I already had is the E series!

pickupman66 · Aug 19, 2016

Jtittle. may want to look at the Archon from DA. it will work with all of your current modules. it is also Wifi ready too and has the PWM and Analog signaling channels built in.