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Old 02-20-2008, 12:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Mixing lighting (T5 & MH)

I have a 75 gallon im looking to light for a reef.
My question is to save heat in the tank and have
different lighting intensities for "light loving
corals" and corals that dont require high lighting.
I was thinking a 150 MH on one side and 96 watts
of t5 on the other? Sound good? anyone doing this?
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Old 02-20-2008, 02:04 PM   #2 (permalink)
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at the depth of the 75 gallon tanks,i think less than 20 inches,you might not see a difference between mh and t5 accept the t5 will not give the rippling effect.if you do it,i'd love to see which side is brighter.


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Old 02-21-2008, 05:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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80w t5's can keep sps, but i prefer mh. a combination of both is nice. i also have a 75g with 2-250w mh and 4-65w pc that houses mainly sps. i wouldnt have pc on one side and mh on the other, both the left and right side of the tank should have the same lighting.


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