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Kyle Wrigley View Drop Down
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    Posted: October 13 2009 at 10:40pm
I know you can have not enough light but is it possible to have to much? I'm currently setting up my tank. I have looked at lighting options and with the lights I want it would be about 8 Watts per gallon. Is that way to much? The wattage would be 2 - 250W halides and 4 - 65W Power Compacts
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Watts per gallon isn't a good way to measure lighting. How tall is the tank and what do you want to have in the tank?
 
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Yeah I have heard its not a good way to measure just wondered if to much was possible. I want a mixed reef. That tank is 30x30x24. So its 24 inches tall. I want it to go from SPS down to softer coral. 
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Yes, too much is possible, although too much is usually an awful lot.
 
Every coral is different, but there is a point at which they get overloaded with light and shut down.  We had a speaker here a year or so ago that spoke about this, but I don't remember who.
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