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Yea, I got the aircraft cable at the HW store but I found the anchors on line somewhere. I will see if I can find them and post a link for you.

Aircraft cable and anchors into the ceiling.

I bought this. Took it apart and hung 1/3 of it horizontally over my tank like this. I took the cans off for the bulbs. Added an ML7 in the middle and love them.

I am gathering the supplies for a 120 RR I have in the garage and am looking for some advice. I am planning to build my own stand and canopy. I am fairly ahndy with wood working and all. I was just wondering about making the frame from metal and hanging the front and sides of the stand on it or...

You will find that most of the cheap LED fixture skimp on the components inside. Some may be made with CREE but if they are not made with high quality waterproof drivers, sealed circiutry and/or gasketing you will not see the investment you made come out. I lit a 20long with 2 of the Orphek...

Sevin dust is available in a big bag at Walmart for about 8-10 dollars. I forgot all about that. Sevin dust is also safe to sprinkle on your pets too. I am going to go for this one. I am in Indiana too so I am facing the same temp and environment issues as you......

I don't recommend the fogging at all with your tank in there.... We are having a hard time of it this year here in Indiana too..... Been using the walmart brand Pet Armor and have an aerosol can for the carpets and especially where the dog sleeps and bath once per week. You couldn't make me...

this is a very good link and it is important that we talk about spectrographs too. PAR can easily be fooled by blue LED. Up the blue. up the PAR. Bad for your tank if it's not the right spectrum and you can only get that from a spectrograph. Many of the companys out there are using white that...

Keep Magnesium, Alkalinity and calcium up and they should spread well. Keep the phosphates down too.... And be sure to share with your friends.

Clean the glass with one of the magnet scrapers and look at your lighting. If you can make sure that it is slightly angled so it doesn't hit the front glass. After all, no reason to light the front glass. You aren't growing anything there...except algae.....hahahahaha I am using LED and have...

Those look like my nuclear green zoa's. good rock for $5. Most likely harvested from the ocean as a lot of these seem to be.

Yeah it's really cool. I have been thinking about the Orpheks for a long time and I think that I have decided to pull the trigger..... Orphek Blog

I pulled this link from another site. WOW. Thought I would share. This is the tank of dream.... Lit with LED lighting from Orphek and growing like crazy. Truly world class Peter's Albums

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I am an avid fan of the LED lighting for both FW and Reef tanks. The look, the temps and the electrical savings are all pluses in my book. I have been very happy with the LEDs that I have over my reef and the growth has been as good or better than before.

I haven't heard anything but bad for these. Ok for softies but not much penetration. If your are truly wanting to support a reef then you will need to make the investment and get some of the high end lights. I switched up from cheap LEDs to Orphek and haven't looked back since then. I am so...

Most people don't understand the diffference between MH and LED. It is so easy to get confused with the differing par numbers.... With the difference in penetration and coverage we have to really look around to make sure that we understand what we are buying before converting.... I love LEDs...

There has been a lot of confusion about the switch from MH to LED and all of the different ways to measure the light output and power. This is a good reference...... How to Choose and Compare LEDs - They're Not Metal Halides! - Captive Aquatics: An Aquarium and Ecology Blog

Orphek is getting ready to come out with LED tubes that will go into your existing fixture or another fixture. The Tubes will work with either T5 or T8 fixtures. Pretty sweet looking and should be a good price for them. Orphek | superior led lighting

If you have an older fixture that has T8s laying around or are using T5 and have wanted to switch to LED then this is for you. I have been putting it off because of the initial investment in LED but these will let me reuse that old fixture... NICE.... orphek Apparently they will come with an...

Thanks guys....Been away from the tank wuite a bit lately but headed home today and can't wait to see it....

I have Orphek PR25s over my tank and love them SPS doing well. Here is what it looks like. If you want to keep SPS you will need to ensure that your lighting generates enough PAR/PUR to support it. You can learn more here. orphek

Here is my tank.

Punkroc, Watch your phosphate in about 3 weeks. If you have been running high then you will more than likely exhaust it's capacity. I installed a two little fishies reactor with GFO a couple of months ago and forgot to check it out after a couple of weeks and then all of a sudden....bam...

For that money...well just a few $$$ more... you could get and all new tank and be very happy and rest soundly knowing you won't have an issue.