firebirdude
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ONE halide for a tank of that size?? What did you expect? Of course six ATI T5's are going to be more uniform...
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organism
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My tanks were 3' wide and with 8 bulb fixtures, with a 6 bulub I'd go with all ATI's, 4 actinic 1 pure actinic and 1 aquablue. Once the system was dialed in, I was getting up to 1/4" a week on some acros, along with zoanthids growing off the plugs so fast they were on my egg crate
Just my 2 cents though, ymmv and everyone's got their own way of doing things that works best for their system.
organism
code monkey
Mine were about 16-18" from the corals...
apuhl20
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I am in the process of changing my frag setup. The tank I currently have setup is a 48x30x16 rimless that is awesome as a frag tank. When I move I've been told my frags have to move to a closet, so I have planned 30g breeders, 36x18x12. Planning on building a stand with them stacked. I am planning on HO t5s. I am hoping I can get away with 4 bulbs over each, but need a little guidance from those with experience as to whether this is enough and what types of bulbs.
I am not worried about cheaper... I'm not trying to save money or inquiring how to do so... I am making sure i replace bulbs as far as my own peice of mind and what i want for my corals and my system maintenance schedule... 8 months tops for me, that wouldnt change regardless, even if par didnt change either... the bulbs i have now were put in this past february, and will be replaced by september or so...
Johnny C
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It was a temporary solution while I waited for my backordered T5 bulbs to ship; I expected the T5 fixture to be much brighter, as it is.
The OP asked for opinions on using a single metal halide light over the exact same dimensions that I did, so I gave him my opinion based on first hand experience. This ain't my first rodeo.
firebirdude
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Fair enough. Guess I just took it the wrong way from how you said it, especially after the posts previous to yours.
"I used to have one halide over a tank at Seaworld, then I switched to a large array of T5's and the lighting is so much better. God halide's suck."
hahaha
rgfast
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here's one hope I don't get in trouble here for posting it
http://www.championlighting.com/product.php?productid=31650&cat=1494&page=1
http://www.championlighting.com/product.php?productid=31650&cat=1494&page=1
firebirdude
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For that price couldn't you just buy another halide??? I don't get it...
maroun.c
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The issue is not the price of the halide. it's the lower running cost, less heat less bulbs to change and maybe the more natural daily light cycle with the sun coming from one side to the other over a days span. Not sure if you can program it to move very slow to cycle only once a day or maybe just have it move from start point to mid track at noon time and then to end a couple of hours before lights out???
would love to have a growth comparison between a system with one bulb and a light moover and another similar system (communicating water) few similiar frags at same distance from water top... to see if there is a big advantage to have multiple light sources over corals 7-8 hours a day.
would love to have a growth comparison between a system with one bulb and a light moover and another similar system (communicating water) few similiar frags at same distance from water top... to see if there is a big advantage to have multiple light sources over corals 7-8 hours a day.
firebirdude
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Agreed.
Even though I'm positive this would sustain corals just fine, I simply can't imagine the growth being the same. Overall PAR levels through the day are decreased. Plain and simple.
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