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Old 03-02-2006, 09:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Well...i have decided that, due to the limited time im going to be at home...going to college in a few months, i am going to postpone my 38 gal tank...to well. My question is...i still am thinking about upgrading the lights of my 55 gal. I dont know...it just seems that the tank doesnt have a nice shine to it even after new bulbs. I mean i do believe that most of the corals in my tank will do beter under the mhs...basically everything but the colt xenia and kenya...but the zoos and the sps/lps...and the shrooms are already in the shade. But i really dont know how risky it is to put mhs over a tank thats 2 years old and a colt coral that has been under pcs for 1.5 years...any thoughts?


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Old 03-03-2006, 06:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
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go for it!!!
Start slow.
don't put them on for 9 hrs/day.
Start with 4 hrs/day


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