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Thread: what wattage of halide

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05-12-2008, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
buzzard Plankton Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 Karma: 1	what wattage of halide I have a 150 gal. tank thats 27" high with a hood thats 11". I am running 2-10000k 36" 39watt T-5 with 4 39 watt 460 T-5 actinic and don,t have enough light. I'm thinking about doing away with the two 10000k T-5 and adding metal hailides. What wattage and how many halides would you add to a 72" long x 18" deep x 27" high reef tank. Iwould like to be able to keep all taype of corals. My thought was either 3-250 or 3- 400 watt. Also should they be HQI or mogal? Remember though I have 37" to bottom of tank from where the lights are mounted inside the hood. Also I would continue to use the T-5 actinics. Thanks Greg

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