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Originally Posted by jimw369  I have a 90 gal tank 24 tall with a 8 lamp tek light over it. I am currently running only 4 lamps. I have found thru testing the par in my tank that once you reach a certain point the tank is saturated with light and adding more lamps does not raise par anymore (very little) unless you put in more lamps with lower kelvin. Moral of the story: Once you reach a certain point more lamps does not mean more light.
I am being told that 1 T5 bulb 4" off the water in a quality 9 bend reflector covers 6" of clear water to a depth of
20" effeciently and adding more bulbs covering the same area is only wasting energy. Based on what I see in my tank this is true. |
So basically we have the same tank in lighting terms. Could you give me some idea of the 4 bulbs you are using including wattage, kevin, refelctors, brand etc. I would think that your setup would work for most 90 gallons with 24" depth then? In the long run, I could go with a 4 bulb T5 setup as opposed to a 6 or an 8 as long as the reflectors and bulbs reached their maximum potential? Is this correct?