Enough Light?
- Thread starter buggle
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chet-tonja
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If you keep the halide, then you would be fine with a crocea or maxima under the halide. If you convert to all VHO, then a squamosa would definitely be fine and maybe a maxima up in the rock work. I have had a gold maxima under 740 watts of vho over my 125 for a few months now and he has shown some good growth...JMO
pitbullpooch
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MH SUCKS!!!!!!!!!had to get that out.thanks
SeanT
Premium Member
What do you mean that it is becoming "a pain" to you?buggle said:
Many animals we keep in our tank require intense lighting to survive and thrive.
Sun type intense.
MH is the closest thing we have to that.
VHO's just don't give that type of intensity.
Can you keep many of these creatures with VHO's? Sure you can.
Would MH be better? Sure it would.
buggle
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Why is it a pain? I live in AZ and in the summer, it gets HOT!!!!! Tank temp is a big issue for me. I have 3 fans in under the hood and it's now maintaining the temp at 80-82 during the day w/ the MH on for about 6.5 hours. But it's only been in the high 70's and lower 80's. When it gets in the triple digits, my AC maintains a 80 room temp. The canopy is not custom so the MH is way too close to the water. It's about 3.5 inches away. So there's a problem. I've been looking into getting a canopy built to raise it but that's really expensive. Been playing around with the idea of DIY but it would be hard to match the finish. A chiller is way out of my budget right now. But I do love the way the light casts a shadow on the water making the water ripples.
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