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    Posted: January 31 2018 at 8:50am
What's best light for corals
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That's tough. Everyone has there opinion.

All have pros and cons.
WWC uses radions
Brad Syphus uses metal halide and T5's
A lot of coral growers use T5's

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Long answer, it depends on what you want to keep..... 

Short answer, LED! I've personally used every type of lighting on a reef tank; regular fluorescent, PC, T5, VHO, MH and LED. LED is hands down the best in nearly all circumstances because it is so easy to customize intensity and spectrum.
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I agree with all of the above posts. Can you give us more information on the kinds of corals you are wanting to grow? That is a very general question.
Originally posted by hedgefish hedgefish wrote:

What's best light for corals
220 G SPS Display.



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I love that Brad Sypus is a standard! What a compliment! He sure knows how to grow them!


Originally posted by badfinger badfinger wrote:

That's tough. Everyone has there opinion.

All have pros and cons.
WWC uses radions
Brad Syphus uses metal halide and T5's
A lot of coral growers use T5's
220 G SPS Display.



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