Lighting advice please

[jetwet1]

SO, I have an 84G long tank 72 L x 15 W x 18 H

Right now I have 2 x 30in corallife T5HO lights on it, needless to say it looks cluttered.

What I am thinking about is putting BoostLED Par 30 kits on it LINK (http://www.boostled.com/collections/par30-reef/products/par30-reef-lamp-with-lamp-clamp)

Does anyone have any experience with these ? I am thinking 4 of them should work ??

Any other ideas ?

[Luke]

i used one on a biocube 14... i liked the light quite a bit.... however i think you would need more than 4 on a tank that is 6 feet long.... the effective spread on those bulbs is aprox 12-14 inches... of course lenses and the height that you hang them will determine the actual spread, but i would guess you would want ATLEAST 5-6 also make sure you like the spotlight effect, because you will definitely will have it. (i have seen some good looking tanks setup this way)

[jetwet1]

MMMM ok, that's going to look silly then, having 6 of them, any other ideas ?

[Luke]

got any pics of your current setup? and what types of coral would you like to keep?

[jetwet1]

I will upload a couple tomorrow, mostly SPS's in there right now.

[jetwet1]

Here you go.

[bigronbo]

i will always sayAquatic life T-5 one cord with built in timer nuf said from me.

[jetwet1]

I'm trying to get away from T5's and MH's.

[tomgl]

72" LED would be much cheaper if you DYI. If you went Aqua Illumination SOL, it would cost $2600 minimum.

[Luke]

you could very possibly get away with just two ai sol units... according to their website they have a 36 inch spread at i htink it was like 24 inches... we're only going 18 in this case.

two ai sol units w/o controller = aprox 850ish

i saw on salty supply two with a controller aprox 900...

[tomgl]

Reef Geeks is recommending six on a tank that size. This tank is shallow so it may work with less.

[hebsway]

I have a 180 (6x2x2) running on 3 with lots of LPS doing very well.