Maxspect 420 on 33Gal, LPS / SPS possible?

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Hello community,

i have a 33 Gallon Tank with this specs:
81x36x50 in cm

I started with freshwater LEDs, so I bought only soft corals. Yesterday I bought a sealed Maxspect r420 with 120watt, also included the 120° lens to fully liqhten out my tank.

I ran it with Chan 1 90% // Chan 2 75%.

I have flat rockwork, so my question is, can I now buy easy sps or lps with this light?

I mounted the light 20cm high, so there is room to bring it bit more down.

Im happy to recieve your answers.

My phone is not waterproof, so I can not measure the par in water.

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i am no expert and barely a novice but your tank looks way too immature to try sps imo. mine is 12 mths old,live rock initially and has been stable for quite awhile and i keep killing the buggers..... good luck but imo give your tank some time
 
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Hey,
in Germany its common to fill the tank with easy SPS and other corals in the first 4 weeks if the Parameters are right. Then over the time we change the easy SPS like Montipora to Acropora if you want. But we don't Start with soft corals that we don't want to cycle the tank. So if you want a SPS tank, we put easy SPS from the beginning, or if you want LPS tank then LPS. Thats way is also communicated from our supply companies here. Greetz
 
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