How many lights?

[kstyle13]

Ok so here we go again with the lighting questions. I just got some led panels from my good friend mark. Very nice blue/white ration 1:1 and they are dimmable... not sure the specific name but the model number is ZA120. of Chinese decent I believe. Anyways. I am currently running a Aquatic Life 36" HO T5 with lunar leds on my 46 bowfront. My question is do I need to put both panels I am getting above the 46 or would one be sufficient? I've only got roughly 12 inches in canopy space so they won't be very high off the tank... and I want to make sure I get enough "coverage". Any thoughts?

 

[Reefplumber13]

Do you know the watts?

 

[butch]

You will get about 30" of coverage at 12" off the water...give or take. General guide is 24" of coverage per unit. With that being said, I have 2 dimmable MM LEDs over a 60" long tank, but it is a FOWLR.

 

[kstyle13]

24 3 watt leds I believe

 

[benpoole28]

Couldn't hurt to use both I'd say. I have two about the same size as yours on my 46.

 

[ringo®]

http://cidlylight.en.made-in-china.com/product/FByJjipOymhC/China-Cidly-Coral-Reef-Aquarium-Decoration-Za120-LED-Aquarium-Light-CDL-A-ZA-.html">http://cidlylight.en.made-in-china.com/product/FByJjipOymhC/China-Cidly-Coral-Reef-Aquarium-Decoration-Za120-LED-Aquarium-Light-CDL-A-ZA-.html</a>

Is this it? Kind of an odd size.

 

[kstyle13]

That's the one

 

[jrhunter0000]

kstyle13;971042 wrote: That's the one

That one is similar the one were talking about has more leds than this model.

 

[jrhunter0000]

I think the link posted above is the same light just older model.

 

[Reefplumber13]

The one in the link has 48 leds not 24. So maybe the one he has is the older one. Not sure I don't know enough about leds to know crap

 

[kstyle13]

It's 48. My bad. I had to recheck and it's 48. 24 blue and 24 white... my apologies. Let me ask this. I'm proposing doing one of these in the center of my tank. I have 2 solid blue panels that are only 14 watts with 225 leds. If I place these on both sides of this main panel it should cover the triangular "dead zones" that the main panel doesn't hit. Since it will be on the side I should be ok to do plays and zoas or lowlight corals on the sides of the tank. With my sps and LPS under the main panel?