t'5 lighting and sps

[kgarcia0311]

What type of coral can I keep if i'm using a 4x54 nove extreme fixture plus 2x54 odyssea jebo light fixtures. My tank is a 72 gallon bow. I'm wondering because currently I some lps and softies but would like to get some clams.

[Wiskey]

Do those fixtures have individual parabolic reflectors? Or just one large reflector? What brand bulbs do they use?

You could for sure keep a Squmosa clam, Derassa, or Gigas, but as far as the high light clams,.... we'll need answers to the above to say.

SPS? Definitally monti cap, monti digi, stylopohora probably, but for Acros and such we need to know more about the lights to say.

Whiskey

[kgarcia0311]

actually it has just one large parabolic reflector. As far as the bulbs go i have 2 daylight slimpaq and 4 actinic slimpaq 460nm

[Nyles]

I wouldn't risk my stuff, to be optimal you would want 6 parobolics and thats dependant on the depth of your tank... I run 8 parobolics to keep my acros and croceas happy.

[Casey]

I would get individual reflectors or not chance it.

[Wiskey]

Ya, those individual parabolic reflecters make a world of difference, othewise T5's put out about what PC's do.

Go with the lower light clams (derassa, Squmosa) and the lower light SPS (monti's) and you should be fine though.

Whiskey