The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

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Originally Posted by j-easy

I want to do a reef with different types of coral, I am worried about getting lights that can penetrate all 24" of water with the full spectrum

24" is not deep for today's bulbs.
You can go with VHO's and if still a concern, go with metal halides in addition but expect to generate a whole lot of heat.
In the store my son worked, all corals were maintained in metal halides.
My son had a combination of VHO and metal halides in his 75 reef, which is 24 deep and worked fine.
You will need a chiller to go along with that.