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01-09-2008, 11:46 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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   |  Considering Light Upgrade
I am seriously considering upgrading to MH lighting. The only requirement is that they do not hang from the wall. Want a tank top install. I am considering the Current USA 72 inch Outer Orbit 3x150w 10K HQI-MH w/ 8x39W T5 HO & 24 Lunar Lights.
Does anyone have experience with this system? Any thoughts?  _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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01-09-2008, 12:03 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NNJ
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Recently upgraded to the Outer Orbits 2x 250 MHs + 4x 39 T5s with the blue & white LEDs. Quality is much better than the Coralife CFs I had before.
Mounting legs come with, and so do several timers. Not sure, but I think the 150s may have electronic ballasts built in (the 250s are external). Check bigalsonline.com- got a very nice price (although they don't have free shipping, but if you find it cheaper elsewhere they will adjust their price to under that by 5%).
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01-09-2008, 12:10 PM
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| | Flying Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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You will not be sorry you chose MH's. There won't be any limitations in your tank as far as coral go. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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01-09-2008, 12:42 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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+1 on that Otty. _________ Kris
180 gallon AGA display, 2 250 MH, 1 400 MH, 2 65 PC, AAT moonlight, DIY wet dry, sump, and fuge, G2 skimmer, KNOP C calcium reactor, auto top off, dual pump closed loop, Oceans Motions valve, phosphate reactor, fuidized sand filter, Lighthouse controller keeping it all in check. My 180 Tank Thread | |
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01-09-2008, 01:47 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fairport, NY
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What size tank is that for? Or more specifically depth?
I currently have DE HQI bulbs but in my next tank I will use Moguls. I think the bulb selection is much better for moguls.
That hood you listed has a heck of a lot of T5s in it. Are all those for Actinic lighting?
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01-09-2008, 02:13 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Scott it is a 72gal bowed depth is 21 " with a 3 inch sandbed....
Thank you, Norman, Otty, and K0gle | |
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01-09-2008, 02:23 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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I am wondering if 500 w for a 72 gal might be too much. Should I go with 300(2x150) watt with 4x54 T5's? | |
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01-09-2008, 02:24 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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ive got dual 250's on a 55 gal...... _________  | 
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01-09-2008, 02:29 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Hey Aquaboy, what are you keeping in the tank? Any problems with coral burn or bleaching? | |
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01-09-2008, 02:38 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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um, ive got a hammer coral, a couple florida (Flo Rida, lol) ricordias that are orange and one thats neon green. a devils hand leather, some zoas, green starburst polyps, and a nice happy head o' xenia. they are all easy to keep beginner corals, as i consider myself "fresh" to reefing. im gonna et alot more, dont worry. Ive got my lfs owner looking for a nice colorfu brain coral for me........ oh and my B-Day is in march........so even more then  | |
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