Lighting Suggestions

[cynthia]

This week my 210 aquarium bracing snapped.  I have it together right now with clamps preparing my 300 gallon tank for it's replacement.  I want to use my current lighting I have on my 210 knowing that it will not be enough for the new tank.  The new tank is 32 inches tall. 30 inches wide and 72 inches long.  

 

Currently, I have 2 Evergrow IT5060's on my tank.  I have had great growth with these lights and want to keep them on my new tank, HOWEVER, I do know that this will not be enough given the footprints of the new tank.  I need to add some additional lighting to get the lighting down to the bottom of the tank.  Any suggestion on what I can add?

 

With regards to coral I have: 

 

Different species of chalices, montiporas, mushrooms, toadstools, 

 

Bunch of torch, frogspawn, duncans and hammer coral.

 

Thanks in advance for the guidance.

[epleeds]

If you like the evergrows and want to stay with similar lighting, look into ocean revive T247’s. You could add 2-4 of those with your current lighting to have what you need. It would also keep costs down.

 

I run them on several tanks and they are perfect for your needs

[YHSublime]

That’s a good idea from Leeds, just consider mounting all those lights though!

 

 

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[cynthia]

Thanks so much!  I'm going to mount them vertically into the canopy.  Should I stagger them to cover all the areas?

[epleeds]

If it was me and you wanted be full coverage. I would get 4 of the T247’s and mount them in the canopy every 18” and combine them with what you currently have. You might be able to get by with 2 depending on ur rock work and coral placement. But you would have much better coverage with 4