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10-13-2005, 12:02 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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 |  hqi
what does hqi stand for in hqi metal halide?
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125 gal, pro clear wet dry with built in skimmer, 2 maxi jet 1200 power heads, outer orbit with 2 150w mh and 2 130w pc, 150 pounds fiji lr, a large carpet anemone, 1 coral bannded shrimp, large colony of stars, 1 yellow tang, 1 naso tang, 1 snowflake eel, 1 koran angel juvi. i sold most of my corals to get the 125 gal tank so basicly starting over. | 
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10-13-2005, 12:04 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
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Halogen Quartz Iodine
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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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10-13-2005, 12:05 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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thank you | |
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10-13-2005, 12:06 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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some say hqi some dont is hqi suppose to be better? | |
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10-13-2005, 12:19 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
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Not really sure.....all I know is that its a new technology in MH lighting and that supposedly a 150 watt hqi has the same intensity of a regular 250 watt MH. Also with HQI you need to have UV protection glass between the bulb and the water. | |
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10-13-2005, 04:27 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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New technology? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's been around for 10+ years, probably much longer.
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10-14-2005, 06:58 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
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Well, I'm definitely not an expert in this area. I thought it was a newer technology to the aquarium world. | |
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10-14-2005, 08:40 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by billrwilson some say hqi some dont is hqi suppose to be better? | I think that can sum up the attitude of anything when it comes to this hobby right down to and including the type of water that is used. Usually I try to compromise what I see here and other places with what makes logical sense to me.
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10-14-2005, 09:04 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by skennelly Well, I'm definitely not an expert in this area. I thought it was a newer technology to the aquarium world. | Neither am I, but as I am rapidly discovering there is more than one way to skin the proverbial feline.
Anne | |
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10-14-2005, 09:18 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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I have read until my eyes start to bleed. Then I read some more 
Some people base their information on experience and others on what they have read. A couple of small conclusions that I have arrived at. When it comes to lighting almost all of the tests that are performed on bulbs and ballasts use instrumentation that is generally out of the range of normal people to purchase or obtain. Or if you have access to them, a centimeters difference in the way you hold the device could be the difference in obtaining good or bad data.
Energy effiency, P.A.R. values, Spectral values, Coral growth and type, and how does the light appeal to your eyes and your coral. These are all important items to consider.
There are too many variables sometimes for people to answer a question and have it be the right answer everytime. Which is why there are so many opinions and debates over which is best and what one should I use. It's kind of like the 4-5 watts per gallon answer. It was the best way for someone to come up with a general answer to a vague question without getting too specific or scientific. 
Jim
I'm not sure if I answered anyone's question.   But sometimes people just have to say things. And yes I realize that this has NOTHING to do with "what does hqi stand for in hqi metal halide"
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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