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Lighting Corals- Or Making Lava?

April 26, 2017corals LAVA lighting

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Lighting Corals- Or Making Lava?

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First of all thanks for the awesome resource on the web. My buds and I always check your advice before we venture further into our hobby. I have a question in regards to reef tank lighting. My set-up includes a 75gallon reef run Berlin with an ETSS 600 skimmer, 2 110w actinic VHO, 2 175w 10K MH, with 90 lbs “premium” live rock, 2 GenEx pumps, and I use RO/DI water. Livestock is basically groves of 3 types of pulsing xenia, sps, clams, LPSs, 8 types of macro, and various hard corals. I have a question in regards to lighting and if there can be too much. At present I have 7.6 watts per gallon and am taking 2 96 watt PCs off of my Peacock bass tank and am tempted to put them on the reef. My thoughts are this tank was set-up for my newborn daughter and it will sit untouched for many years and I want it to be perfect. Am I off base for wanting to do this? If not what type of bulbs would you guys