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02-24-2008, 02:39 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Chester, PA
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 |  starting a 75, what lighting should i get
Im starting a 75 gallon reef tank........i already have a 55 with a coralife lunar light on it and i dont think its getting the job done. So for my 75 i want to get the best light................ please give me some good ideas i have a bundle of cash to spend on my tank. And i want good lighting for the corals.
Corals im thinking of doing is acroporas, mushrooms, zoa's, leathers, plates.........pretty much a mixture.
please give me some ideas!!!!!!! | 
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02-24-2008, 02:55 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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If money is no object, then go for MH 2-150w bulbs. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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02-24-2008, 04:39 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paintball7  please give me some good ideas i have a bundle of cash to spend on my tank. And i want good lighting for the corals. | Buy the cheapest lights possible then send the leftover "bundle" my way!!! 
I heard that 2 150W MH are just enough for a 55 if you don't want any restrictions on corals. I am buying 2 250's for my 55 so if I want to upgrade these lights will work on anything up to 100 gallons. This was a suggestion from Tangster. So if I were you I would go with 2 250w MH with a good reflector/ballast combo. _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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02-24-2008, 04:40 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Also the cost difference from 150-250 is very nominal. Now about that extra money you have lying around... | |
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02-24-2008, 05:41 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Chester, PA
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alright thanks guys...............whats a good website to get them from? my LFS doesnt have them and the next place is about an hour drive and wont get there anytime soon.
any suggestion? | |
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02-24-2008, 05:50 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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There are so many to choose from; craigslist, ebay, aquatrader, marine depot....etc etc. Try this guy hombby, I bought my lights from him. | |
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02-24-2008, 06:21 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Matters if you are a DIY'r or you just want to spend the money on a contained light fixture. Check Grainger, that is where KOgle got his MH ballast pretty cheap that we put together. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
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02-24-2008, 11:44 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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i have a 75 reef with mostly sps corals. the deluxe fixture is from hamilton with the hammertone, 2-250 se mh and 4-65 pc with electronic ballasts. if your gonna have a hamilton deluxe light fixture make sure they use hammertone, the standard fixtures come white.
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02-25-2008, 12:02 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Chester, PA
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hey guys thanks for all the suggestiongs on lights and where toget them!!!
i have another question though will putting my 75 gallon up stairs ina bed room be to much wieght? i was told it would be, but if u think about it its going to be there for years.....most likely | |
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02-25-2008, 12:06 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Chester, PA
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i was told it wouldnt be ******** (my mistake) | |
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