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View Poll Results: How many watts of light over your aquarium?
0-100 8 12.50%
100-200 6 9.38%
200-300 14 21.88%
300-500 13 20.31%
600-700 3 4.69%
700-800 10 15.63%
900-1000 3 4.69%
>1000 7 10.94%
Natural Sun light 0 0%
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Old 11-21-2007, 11:16 PM   #21 (permalink)
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4x24w t5ho =96w does the trick for me!!!(35g)


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Old 11-22-2007, 04:27 AM   #22 (permalink)
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560w over my 75g. 2x150 mhl and 2x130 cf.
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Old 11-22-2007, 07:31 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I have 692 watts over a 90 gal. (2) 250 w MH and (2) 96 w blue actinics. I guess thats 7.69 wpg


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Old 11-22-2007, 08:29 AM   #25 (permalink)
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125 gallon: 2(250 watt halides)
1(400watt halide)
75 gallon: 4(96watt power compact bulbs) Not much of a concern right now as I just have a Yellow Stingray in the tank!

30 hex: 1(175watt halide)
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48w over 12gal nano cube
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I am almost to embarrassed to say.

29g - 65w cf
2 x 75g - 260w cf each

Would love to upgrade but not sure if its worth the extra $$$.


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2x250w MH (10000k)
2x54w 460nm T5HO actinic (10000k)
2x54w 420nm T5HO actinic (10000k)
9 led blue (moon)
9 led white (moon)

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Would love to upgrade but not sure if its worth the extra $$$.
Not with what you are keeping now only fish and a Xinia's maybe that will help keep them under control (:


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I have 920 over my 120 i have 420 over my frag I have 800+ over my 75 and 5 t5s over my mantis tank and 2 48 inch t5s over the sump and a powercompact 65 over aquafuge. At the shop I have 4 96 watts over all 24 40 longs and 500+2 t5s over 75 and 2 lit up with sunlight livrock 75 and tesslata eels 75.
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