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06-24-2008, 10:11 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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you have 1 150watt mh for a 120 gallon tank?
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | 
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06-25-2008, 06:02 AM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Originally Posted by ziggy222  you have 1 150watt mh for a 120 gallon tank? | I was thinking the same thing.
If you have 1 150w on a 120g, good luck. _________ [center]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide | |
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06-25-2008, 08:11 AM
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#23 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: North Wales PA Age: 36
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 |  Metal Haide or T5
I currently use 2 150 watt Phoenix 14,000Bulbs. Is there a 20,000k bulb that is as intense as the phoenix. | |
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06-25-2008, 07:43 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Living in the Wind.......
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Originally Posted by geekdafied Otty, if your bulbs are 13 months old, you're going to shock the crap out of your corals when you replace them, reguardless of what your spectrometer is saying. | Well when I planned the tank out I made the lights mounted on a pulley system that I can raise as hight as 19" off the water surface if I want just in case I ever need to. Tried to plan for every thing except I forgot about ventilation and I am dealing with that now.  _________ 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 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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06-25-2008, 07:53 PM
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#25 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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to continue this 'argument', as has already been stated, t5s offer more lumens per watt then mh. I believe the conversion would be about 1.8 times the wattage, for example, my 216w t5 fixture would be about 388w in a mh fixture. Though as many have said, t5s do not have the penetrating power of mh.
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Equipment: 55 gal, Remora Skimmer w/ maxi jet 1200 pump, 4x54w T5 lighting, 2 super actinics, 2 12,000K actinic white bulbs, 55+ lbs fiji live rock...
Inhabitants: Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Tailed Damsel, Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Watchman Goby, 3 Chromis, Crocea Clam, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Corals: Zoas, Yellow Fiji Leather, Pineapple Brain, Frogspawn, Pearl Bubble, Blastomussa Merleti, Monti, GSP, Green Psammacora | |
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06-28-2008, 10:27 PM
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#26 (permalink)
| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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this entire system is t5.i just thought it was neet.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HmPavjZKUcs&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HmPavjZKUcs&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> | |
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06-29-2008, 07:24 PM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2008 Location: ...the night time... is the right time...
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Originally Posted by ziggy222 you have 1 150watt mh for a 120 gallon tank? | i do now, i had 265 watts of p.c. and the 150 on there, i took the p.c. off last week just to see what would happen,seems o.k. the rock is setup in an L ,one corner piled all the way up and sloping down to the far side, the plan is to build one side then the other after a year or 2, i plan on getting another 150 for the other side soon though. then if i want/need to i still have the p.c. _________ Believe it comrade!  | |
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06-29-2008, 11:13 PM
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#28 (permalink)
| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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the 265pc was'nt enough,not even for xenia.the 150mh is enough and 2 150mh won't be either.but good luck | |
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07-15-2008, 10:39 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I will say thou...you can keep any coral under T5s..just look at RC tank of the month..
all SPS...all T5. I think T5 allows you to play around with the different light spectrum's
and get the exact look you want.
But it is all in your preference. Im a pro photographer and this is same as the Nikon vs
Canon debate...
I just switched my system. I have a 25 x 25 x 18 cube tank. I was running a Iwasaki
250watt 14,000k DE MH and two 65 watt actinics. I love the shimmer from the
halide...but I was not happy with the light coverage and I didnt like all the shaded
areas.
Now I have 10 24watt T5 bulbs over my tank. A combo of ATI and KZ bulbs. All
I can say is wow! My corals all pop...the colors look awesome! I have 2 KZ Figi
purple bulbs right over my Orange Monti cap and its never look better...
Last edited by Reef Aquatics; 07-15-2008 at 10:44 PM.
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07-16-2008, 12:47 AM
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#30 (permalink)
| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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Oh i always think its personal peference but i must admit im a t5 kinda guy.
I got an MH fixture a few months back and i must admit i hate it. Its too bright, my soft corals like my mushrooms just stay shrivelled most of the day and tbh i haven't had the results i wanted.
I am going to go back to t5 when i have the money. At the moment tho i only have a twin t5 fixture, and i feel like i should have at least 3 - 4 so im just saving for a new fixture at the moment _________ | |
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