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View Poll Results: Which light do you use? | |
Metal Halide
|     | 10 | 47.62% | |
T5
|    | 2 | 9.52% | |
VHO
|    | 1 | 4.76% | |
Power Compact
|    | 6 | 28.57% | |
Fluorescent
|    | 2 | 9.52% | | Reef Links |  | 
05-01-2005, 11:59 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 853
Karma: 122
 
|  Re: Which light to do you use?
I use VHO on my main tank right now. 4 110 watt lamps. 2 Super Actinic and 2 Actinic White URI bulbs. I have a hood that has 2 250 watt Halides and I prefer that look better but It made so much hair algea. I am going to put it back up soon. The algae is under control finaly. I do like my VHO fixture very much also.
Jay
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60 Gal Acrylic, 30 Gal Acrylic, 55 Gal Glass.
Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. | 
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05-02-2005, 05:30 AM
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#3 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
Posts: 6,241
 
| Re: Which light to do you use?
I use both VHO and Metal Halide but there isn't a "combo" option  | |
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05-02-2005, 08:04 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
Posts: 390
Karma: 87
| Re: Which light to do you use?
4 x 110 watt VHO's on a icecap ballast. 1 actinic bulb and 2 50/50 and 1 10,000k. I've had the vho's for years with my freshwater plant tank and love them. I do want to get MH at some point to get that shimmering water effect and more advanced coral possibilities.
Sean
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90 gallon reef, mag 1800 main return pump, 10 gallon refugium + 10 gallon sump, CPR overflows, ASM G-1 skimmer, icecap 660 vho 440 watts. 130#LR and 60#LS. Corals: Finger Leather, Fat Finger Leather, Toadstool, flower pot sps coral, hairy mushrooms. Fish: Yellow tang, Bi-color angel, pecula clowns, royal gramma, coral beauty angel, yellow tail damsel, blue damsel, Sergeant Major Damsel. Misc. hermit crabs, snails, flame scallop, Xenia
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05-02-2005, 05:54 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
Posts: 3,450
| Re: Which light to do you use?
i have PC's but eventually i do wanna get to MH...wat would be a good fixture for a 55gal? maybe 2 150s + vhos? that seems like kinda alot... _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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05-02-2005, 05:59 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,888
Karma: 425
 | Re: Which light to do you use?
I use both VHO and Metal Halide | |
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05-02-2005, 08:18 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: Which light to do you use?
1 X 175 Watt MH
2 X 96 Watt VHO 
My ballast is on the way out on the MH and I plan to upgrade it to a 250 Watt bulb  _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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05-02-2005, 08:26 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,437
   | Re: Which light to do you use?
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Originally Posted by amcarrig I use both VHO and Metal Halide but there isn't a "combo" option | Thought about the combo, but I thought things might get murky. Sorry! Next time I'll do it. Although we can call this one, 'primary' lighting.  | |
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05-02-2005, 11:05 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
Posts: 3,524
| Re: Which light to do you use?
2 175watt MH lights with 80 watts of NO Actinics and a moonlight. _________ Just tryin to recreate God's perfection in a glass bowl. 20 Gallon Reef W/Live Rock, mated pair of Maroon Clowns, Softies, 110 watts PC 10,000k lighting, and skimmer.  | |
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06-18-2005, 01:10 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3
Karma: 7
| Re: Which light to do you use?
I have 4 110 watts vho lamps and two 250 watts mh on a 120 gallon reef and its working very good. | |
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