anyone running a m.h. over there center brace?

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

i have a 120g. and i am considering adding a 3rd halide in center of hood over center brace. i will use ceramic tile to deflect heat from brace...........BUT i am wondering how much light is rendered useless from the center brace?

 

[matty0h_52]

Re: anyone running a m.h. over there center brace?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6593131#post6593131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by E-A-G-L-E-S
i have a 120g. and i am considering adding a 3rd halide in center of hood over center brace. i will use ceramic tile to deflect heat from brace...........BUT i am wondering how much light is rendered useless from the center brace?

Well in my big 230g tank i have it Uro-braced with glass but in my 75g oceanic i have a huge blace center brace about 3.5in and i know im looseing some light. But not as much as im loosing down the over flow!!

 

[PUGroyale]

Replace it with clear acrylic and cut it out... it's a pretty simple DIY transformation

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

so you're running 3 halides on your 75g? or 1 over center brace for whole tank?
either way, how much IYO do you lose?

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

PUGroyale......don't you need a empty tank to do that?

 

[wjhuie]

I take it that you have a 5' 120g tank try a new reflector like the lumanarc 3 they have a 3' light spread and go with 400watters. IMO it would be a waste of money to run a third hailide if you dont have a 6' tank more money up front for the light and for electricity in the long run. What wattage hailides are you running now?

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

its a 4'x2'x2' 120g........i'm running 2x175W CV ReefLux 12K's now.
unless i can find a good deal on 2x250, i was gonna add a 3rd above brace.

 

[matty0h_52]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6593400#post6593400 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by E-A-G-L-E-S
so you're running 3 halides on your 75g? or 1 over center brace for whole tank?
either way, how much IYO do you lose?

one 250 with 2x96w actinics. And just so hapens that the bulb was right over the center brace in the middle. And i did notice that the center brace kills off some light thats why i sold it and then replaced it with my old 4x96w PC fixtures. But like i said i was smushing two pc fixtures together to make up for the light i had. I should have went with the 2x150 w/ 2 96w pc so then the bulbs would have been on either side of the tank.