help with lighting

[newtoit]

I am trying to set up a 44 gallon tank and I have this light fixture
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is this a good light to use for all coral and if so how exactly am i suppose to use the different lightings .. i am still new at this so i am grateful for the help!

 

[Reef Nutz]

Yea its an ok fixture. It won't support all corals, no. SPS would have a hard time with that lighting, its not enough. Because its using 2 white 39watt lamps and 2 39 watt actinics, that does not put off a huge amount of light. Maybe a 6 lamp fixture using 4 10-12k lamps. White lights should be on for 8-12 hours, and the actinics for around 14 hours. Actinics come on before the whites and go off after them. You could keep LPS and Soft corals. Not clams or SPS.

 

[newtoit]

ok what about the LED moonlights should they always be on? and it says you can set the light to 3 different timers but it has one plug how would i go about that?

 

[Reef Nutz]

The moonlights don't have to be on all the time, just after the actinics go out. The 3 switches are for your lights. I don't remember seeing a program timer on this one.. ?? You turn them on manually each time you want them on. Or you plug them into a timer and they all come on at same time, or you take it apart and wire in timers for all the switches.

 

[newtoit]

ok thank you for the help !

 

[Reef Nutz]

Welcome :mrgreen: