75 gallon lps/softies led lighting recommendations?

Discussion in 'LED Aquarium Lighting' started by DevinH, Mar 18, 2013.

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  1. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    I'm into soft/lps corals and currently have 2x actinic and 2x 10k 65 watt power compact lighting. I'd really like to go LEDs so what would everyone recommend? It's a 48x18x18 tank.

    I don't really have a budget so blast away with any units. I'd like something high end.

    Current inhabitants
    toadstool
    Small zoa colony
    Long tip anemone
    Hammer coral
    Mushroom
    Green star polyps
     
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  3. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    I'd check with Reef Breeders first, see what Logan recommends.
     
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    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    If your corals are doing good under your light, then why switch? You planning on keep things that need more light? I almost wish I woulda got the Radion so I could link my mp10 with them. But I don't have a computer & don't really feel like buying one just to adjust the lighting.
     
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    I really don't want to have to replace bulbs yearly ontop of that I have read some have seen better growth under LEDs
     
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    one of my lighting ballast bit the dust so i jumped on the led bandwagon to give it a shot if you look around they do have some rated for fish / fish & inverts/ fish & reef / reef & hard corals. A lot of them i found online were not rated in watts they are rated in lumens i looked up a lumen to watt scale and its about 15 lumens to 1 watt ratio so i figured it out from there what i would need so far so good.