The Puffer Forum

I am setting up my 90g again and want to use some of the old gear I have and get the brightest and best looking setup with what I got:

2 (2x65)watt coralife PC ballasts
2 (2x110)watt ARO VHO ballasts
1 (2x54)watt T5, with TEK reflectors

So my canopy has room for 6 lights, and I am even considering getting another 2x54watt T5 if it really will be that much better than what I got.

Please suggest order from front to back and what bulb/type to use.

Thanks!

What corals you plan on keeping?

Mostly soft corals, I have been using 2x54watt PC and 4x65watt PC over my reef before, had great growth out of montipora and birdsnest SPS, and my derasa clam was getting huge. I want more light however because even though the growth was great, the corals would turn brownish, I traded many corals back then and would see them under more light and they would be much more vibrant.

I was thinking something like this, from front to back:
10k PC
Actinic VHO
aquablue T5
10k PC
aquablue T5
Actinic VHO

Why not just use all T5s? Great color!

sweet thanks for buying them for me PP!

really though I could also see

T5 aquablue
VHO actinic
T5 10k
T5 aquablue
VHO actinic
T5 10k