75 gal. lighting choice

[andyjh]

Moving from a 55 to a 75, so my 110 watt fixture may not be enough. Looking for some (reasonably priced yet decent quality) lighting suggestions that would take me to approx. 2 WPG. Tanks fairly heavily planted with pressurized CO2. Suggestions/links welcome.
Thx.
Andy

 

[myswtsins]

What type of fixture do you have now?

 

[andyjh]

It's a 2x 55 watt AH Supply kit that I installed into a home built enclosure.

 

[geekpryde]

Definately check out http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/.

I got there 3x54 watt T5HO, very nice. See my thread in my sig for alot of detailed pics of their lighting.

 

[moi-eater]

It's a 2x 55 watt AH Supply kit that I installed into a home built enclosure.

The AH Supply reflectors are very good. If your home built enclosure puts the bulbs about even with the top of the tank, you will have high light (around 90 micromols of PAR) with your current fixture on a 75g tank.

PAR vs Distance graph

 

[londonloco]

Definately check out http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/.

I got there 3x54 watt T5HO, very nice. See my thread in my sig for alot of detailed pics of their lighting.

+1 on catalina fixtures. I have 3 of them, the fixtures are solid, great price and great customer service. They will customize any fixture to your specs for a SMALL extra charge. I've had them add cords/switches which allows me to run modified lighting schedules.