Anyone have any ideas on lighting something 12ft deep?
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ReefWaters
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This is way out of my realm but have you researched plasma? Or 1000 watt halides. Either way i would think you would need a LOT of them.
What is the application you are considering?
What is the application you are considering?
ReefWaters
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Id look at large public aquariums like the reef tank at The Georgia Aquarium for inspiration. I know they use dozens of 1000 watt halides along with lots of natural sunlight.
it doesn't get any better than that for lighting something that deep.
welldigger
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Mickey,
Without knowing much about your project; how about a pool light? I'm not sure it will grow anything but it will light up 12 foot depths. I have an LED light in my pool that lights the far end 36 feet away.
Without knowing much about your project; how about a pool light? I'm not sure it will grow anything but it will light up 12 foot depths. I have an LED light in my pool that lights the far end 36 feet away.
dogstar74
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Sunlight.
I have planned out my MEGA tank for a future project.
I would attach the "Pool" tank to the south side of my basement with the viewing pane part of the basement wall. Then have a solarium type enclosure over the tank that can be or need not be attached to the side of the house. Ventillation would be provided by a greenhouse fan activated by a humidostat or thermostat and air drawn in at the bottom would be vented out the top. This way sunlight would be used to light the entire tank.
I believe this is the best you could hope for to light a 12' deep tank. Also, you could aquascape with a large sea mount in the middle with the corals only growing on the top of the mount. Then put non photosynths deeper along the bottom of the mount. Offer large swimming fish the rest of the tank.
Just my .02
Aaron
I have planned out my MEGA tank for a future project.
I would attach the "Pool" tank to the south side of my basement with the viewing pane part of the basement wall. Then have a solarium type enclosure over the tank that can be or need not be attached to the side of the house. Ventillation would be provided by a greenhouse fan activated by a humidostat or thermostat and air drawn in at the bottom would be vented out the top. This way sunlight would be used to light the entire tank.
I believe this is the best you could hope for to light a 12' deep tank. Also, you could aquascape with a large sea mount in the middle with the corals only growing on the top of the mount. Then put non photosynths deeper along the bottom of the mount. Offer large swimming fish the rest of the tank.
Just my .02
Aaron
Matt_Wandell
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We have lit reef tanks 18' and 25' deep. 1000W MHs will work fine. We use Hubbell stadium fixtures with Ushio 10,000K bulbs. We used Sunmaster 6500K bulbs previously but were unhappy with the inconsistent color rendering.
Based on PAR readings these fixtures are perfectly adequate to grow any coral you like at 12' depth. The trick is that you need to overlap the light beams strategically. At that depth you can double or triple up fixtures to light up the same area. The Hubbell reflectors come in different shapes based on your need, there are wide vs. tight beams.
I would stay away from 2000W fixtures if you were considering them.
Based on PAR readings these fixtures are perfectly adequate to grow any coral you like at 12' depth. The trick is that you need to overlap the light beams strategically. At that depth you can double or triple up fixtures to light up the same area. The Hubbell reflectors come in different shapes based on your need, there are wide vs. tight beams.
I would stay away from 2000W fixtures if you were considering them.
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