High Tide Aquatics

Light Recommendation

Yeah, I hear that the AP700 clusters are only 10" apart. Could be a lot of shadows.

My suggestion would be to put a LED strip light along the entire front, to eliminate ALL the shadows.
Perhaps Ecoxotic E-120?
 
Also be aware that Kessil just released diffusers that will push the light coverage even more. There will be a 15-20% light reduction but your tank is shallow and you won't even begin to get to the full power output of the light.


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Vhuang168 said:
Also be aware that Kessil just released diffusers that will push the light coverage even more. There will be a 15-20% light reduction but your tank is shallow and you won't even begin to get to the full power output of the light.


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Got my new light today :)
Haven't started programming yet, just using on/off right now.
 

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My rock anemones have alredy open up at least a 1/3 bigger than normal since I turned the light non a couple hours ago. BTW - I went with the le Russo mounts :)
 
They do make a center mount, but the center mount has to be mounted to the back of the stand. There wasn't a rimless option for the center mount.
 
Or I could redo my rock work :/ but thats not much fun, lol..
There are some corals I was thinking about selling anyhow, so That might be what I end up doing. If I did put something at the ends, do you thing Kessil 160's would be enough or would I need the 360's?
 
Hard to say:
The 160 would be borderline, but probably ok if you just keep softies at the end.
Two 360's is the same cost as another AP700, so I would think you would just go with the latter.

Opinion;
Two 160's + some LED strip lights along the front might be best.
Strip lights compensate for the smaller 160s.
And it looks like you have some big shadows in the lower-front as well.
 
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