Trash can please

[Ichthy]

Trash can please

[tebstan]

That's a lot of power to start out with. How many do you plan on getting to get full coverage over such a long tank?

[Ichthy]

When I had my 75gal, another maast member told me to get those for the tank. I'm not sure. That's why I'm asking for help basically. Because I'm not sure how many of that light fixtures in the link I would need to cover the whole tank. I found a different model of it cheaper on ebay.

[tebstan]

Be careful with that ebay shopping.


Two 24" fixtures over a 72" tank might look funny with the shadows, but three fixtures might be overkill (and expensive). That light may have been recommended because you had a shorter tank at the time. Have you looked at any other LEDs since then?

[Ichthy]

I've had good luck w/ ebay shopping, everything I have bought comes to me perfect but I am trying to be careful about the lights.
I know the guy who told me to get them said he had them and had a 90 gal tank.
The only other place I have look at LEDs were in the Foster & Smith Fish catalog.
I've just dont sure what I need for the 125gal since I wanna make it a complete reef tank.
I've just been looking on ebay cause the lights listed are more in my price range.
BTW thank you for acknowledging my thread.

[txg8gxp]

What are you looking for out of a light fixture? Color, PAR output, etc. and what kind of price range

[Ichthy]

just whatever is good for corals, sps, lps, clams, etc.
something to really make the colors come out
i'm looking for something under than $460.
I was looking at the marineland leds reef capable on the back foster&smith catalog. Right now, they are on sale for $215 and I would need 2 of the 36in for the 125gal to fully cover the tank.

The catalog says "utilizes reef compatible 10,000K bulbs and more powerful 460nm actinic LEDs for a 25% boost in blue light output, ideal for setups with hight light intensity corals. Also features additional cooling ribs to keep fixture from overheating."

I'm just not sure if that's good enough cause I want to turn the 125gal into a reef tank. And right now, since it's on layaway & should be in my house by early/mid June, I have time to get advice on lights and etc.

[tebstan]

just whatever is good for corals, sps, lps, clams, etc.

Be more specific. What do you want out of the tank? Do you want a clam tank, a macro algae tank, an SPS setup, LPS dominant, nothing but softies? Or just a complete mixed reef? (Keep in mind SPS may suffer poor coloring and growth.)

That first link you posted was for a $900 fixture, and it was only 24" ...but, it was nice.

The marinelands are cheap ...but sometimes you get what you pay for.

If you want softies but like the shimmer of LEDs, the marineland light will be great. If you want higher light requirement clams and SPS, it might not cut it.

(Honestly I'm not sure about those marineland lights. They might be great. But marineland isn't what it used to be for customer service, and the cheap price tag has me a little suspicious.)

[Ichthy]

complete mixed reef ie clams, sps, lps, candy canes, spidermans, etc {dont know all the names yet}
I only posted the link cause it was first recommended to me and wasn't sure if it was good enough for a reef tank.

I haven't had bad luck w/ marineland but other than a hang-on back filter, I haven't used their products.

[txg8gxp]

For lower cost and that size tank two evolution 200w fixtures would be nice. The new 3G fixture also look nice