what is your Watts Per gallon...

[tropicana]

Im not asking what the recommended watts per gallon is... Just wondering what everyones watts per gallon is actually.... Mine is 14.5 wpg! Just curious more than anything thats all lol.

[p00num3lli]

how would you chek that? just divide your wats by the gallons of your tank? well if so i only have like 3wpg....

[aquasport24]

14.5 wpg..WOW..why so much?

[coraline79]

5.4 watts of t5ho per gallon on my 30 long.

the tank I am currently putting together will have 216 watts of pc, 156 watts of t5ho, and 525 watts of mh. That totals at 897, divide that by 125= 7.18 watts per gallon.

[tony]

250/30= 8wpg for me

[Paul28]

920w at 7.6 wpg

[apedroza]

8.25 WPG for my 70gal!!

[beareef19]

11.27wpg for my 110 show, 29 inches deep

Barry

[p00num3lli]

omg...my watts suck compaied to yalls =0(only 265 ).i really want alot of corals too!! grrr. im like 3.5 wpg in my 75gall...doubt that could handle few corals:mad:

[princer7]

500 watts over a 65 gallon ---> 7.69 watts per gallon

[bigmoe21]

298w over 29..10.2759wpg :)

[RayAllen]

39g with 6.5watts per gallon (250watt MH)

[DBlackman]

692 watts over my 120 gallon = 5.78wpg

[Ross]

I use to have like 30wpg on a 12g nanocube.

[Chris]

34g tank but realistically there's probably only 28-30g's of water. 7.35wpg @ 34g's though.

[caferacermike]

10wpg over my 75g.

[ismvel]

I thought i read in several places that the watts per gallon measure was now an obsolete thought in the requirement of what types of corals could be kept....

[Texreefer]

3.5 wpg it's not how much you have, it's how you use it.

[captexas]

440watts on a 45g = 9.78wpg. As others have stated, the wpg is not really used anymore as a rule for saltwater/reef tanks. The quality/spectrum of the light is what's more important.

[Fish4life]

4.32 wpg on 75gal .Its not the amount its the punch!

cheers,

kurt

[wesheltonj]

3.2 watts per gal. That 380 watts over 90 gal tank.

[crossxfire2]

"Its not the amount its the punch!"

somebody has halides!

[Chris]

3.5 wpg it's not how much you have, it's how you use it.

That's what all the guys with small wpg always say. :D

[alton]

675w on my 158, 750 on my 200, and 96 on my 29

[tropicana]

No, im not saying its a good measure, I was just curious. I thought mine was a bit high lol. I have dual 400w sitting about 1.5 ft over the 55g. Its a Magnetic ballast which sucks though, but it has Reeflux 12k 400w bulbs. Im not using that as my measure, I just want to have great coral growth. Since I am planning to have quite a few sps because I like the way a tank full of Acros and other SPS looks.... Sprouting with colors is what I want. I plan on adding T5 True Actinics, and only running the Halides for 6hrs. Run the Actinics for 2hrs then the halides for 5-6hrs then 1hr for actinics stay on at the end. That way I can get a decent light cycle going. Right now the Halides come on and run for 8hrs then go off. So i want to replicate the light cycle better.

I figured putting it higher would help with not burning the corals but have all the equipment for about another year down the road when I buy the lager tank I want. 150-300g depending on where and how I can place it in a House when we purchase one.

[greenmako]

I have 9.5 W/G

[Gilbert]

10.3watts per gallon in my tank

[JimD]

I have a 1 gallon tank with a 100w bulb over it, hmmm...

[Chris]

Jim how do you handle the evaporation on such a small tank?

[Mr Cob]

440watts (VHO) + 260watts (PC) = 700watts on my 120gal = 5.8 wpg

[captexas]

Jim - I think you need to upgrade to a 400 watt halide. See how long it takes to boil that 1 gallon! :shades::what_smile::hypnotyized:

[hobogato]

1250 in halides and 580 in t5 actinic on a 240gal = 7.625

[Jamie]

I have 6X80 watt T5HO's with individual reflectors over my 150 and I have great growth...only a little over 3 watts per gallon.

Like what was said before...it's not the amount, but the quality. Additionally, my electricity bill isn't killing me and I'm not boiling my tank's water...ie no chiller needed. I'm pretty happy with them. :wink_smile:

[mharmon]

4x65 (260) watt actinic PC
2x250 (500) watt metal halides
===
760 watts on a 75 gallon

10.13 watts/gallon

[bluewalk20]

actinic 280 watts vho
aquasun 280 watts vho
mh 250 x2 500 watts

1,060 watts total 125 gal =8.48

[ErikH]

250w over a 75, not much and I have SPS, it's all in how it's lit.

[atxchris1234]

250w over 30 gal -- 8.33wpg

[subsailor]

4.32 WPG

324 watts of T-5 on a 75 gallon