Great day at the swap. lots of ?'s

**Vegas911** · 05-18-2013, 10:00 PM

I went to the lfs swap today and bought $20 worth of raffle tickets. I ended up winning the 2 big prizes-A Marine Inovations Nuvo 16 tank and an AI Sol led module. I caught some seriously dirty looks when I won the light right after winning the tank.

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Anyway, things worked out really well since I have been considering starting a reef and had actually been looking at the Nuvo 16 online. Now I'm starting the research to figure out exactly how I want to proceed with my new set up. My first question is about the lighting. The tank comes with led modules, but I imagine that the AI is a better light. Which oun would be better? I could also utilize both systems, but would that be total overkill?

**Strider199** · 05-18-2013, 10:53 PM

The AI SoL is the superior light. Go with it. Nice tank, be careful not to scratch the acrylic.

**Vegas911** · 05-18-2013, 11:11 PM

The tank is actually bent glass. The only acrylic is the divider between the display area and the filtration compartment.

**Cliff** · Yesterday, 12:16 AM

+1 to the above

I have AI SOLs on both of my tanks. They are a great light. If you did get a controller, I would suggest getting at least the AI controller. What you will likely find is that a single AI SOL would be very very bright for a smaller tank like yours. The controller will give you a lot of options to set the lighting intensity with having to mount the light 2 feet above your tank.