fishmonkey
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lol he now knows exactly what he is going to get now. i found some good lighting for him on aquacave.
50G build, upgrade from 20G
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If you're interested here is the thread HN1 is talking about, I built it for my 120 to support everything I would ever want to put in it. If you have any questions about what I got where just give me a jingle. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f20/lighting-build-in-progress-pics-for-120-fowlr-reef-later-118176.html
Lighting is a rough road to go down, I still have bruises.LOL
I actually have a tone of questions. But honestly, i don't know if this would be the right thing to do for a corner tank. I have bookmarked the page so when i get my 100 gallon WAY down the road i will definitely be using this.
What me and fish monkey talked about was this: 250/400W HQI Double Ended Pendant by IceCap - AquaCave
Do you think 1 of these would be good enough to light up my aquarium and get most of the corals and zoas i want?
*EDIT*
Found this: http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee/for/1304556591.html
ANY good?
fishmonkey
Aquarium Advice Addict
it should. i mean it can use 400w or 250w bulbs, so i think you could have almost anything in your yank
severum mama
Aquarium Advice Addict
Holy thread hijack! 
Remember, the ballast for that light is sold separately.
Remember, the ballast for that light is sold separately.
Sorry SM, just trying to almost help on a touchy topic that HN1 or NH1 whatever his name is started.Holy thread hijack!
Remember, the ballast for that light is sold separately.
severum mama
Aquarium Advice Addict
LOL!!!! It was a joke!
LOL, I know, right back at ya.
severum mama
Aquarium Advice Addict
Yeah, unless you want to run a 250W bulb. 400W is a LOT of light (and heat). We have a 400W pendant and ballast for the 48x48 frag tank and are considering a 250.
severum mama
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Well, we got a fish and a couple of frags yesterday. Here are some pics!
blue sided fairy wrasse
new acan (the striped one)
ring of fire zoas, and a cheap pink birdsnest that we're trying to revive
blue sided fairy wrasse
new acan (the striped one)
ring of fire zoas, and a cheap pink birdsnest that we're trying to revive
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Zer0
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Awesome!! Your tank is amazingly amazing lol. I love it. Great work and great progress. *cough* pros *cough*
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I know this post was from a while back and i must have skipped over it. But are saying you are downgrading to a 250 because of heat? And are you saying a 400W is better for my 90g then a 250W?
severum mama
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I'm saying that there are a lot of folks on the site that can help you with lighting more than I can.
You may want to use the 400W because you have a deep tank, or you may want to use a 250W because of heat issues. I really don't know.
Sharkbait430
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Tanks looks great!
fishmonkey
Aquarium Advice Addict
nice pics. one question, is it the camera or the lighting: the pics arent very bright...
severum mama
Aquarium Advice Addict
It's the lighting. We have a 6 bulb HO T5 fixture, and the person that sold it to us was running 2 10K bulbs and 4 actinics. They aren't due for replacement quite yet so we just went with it.
fishmonkey
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o that explains it lol
