Just when i thought i had figured out lighting

[vivek]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/12/aafeature1


This one challenges the common belief that lower k values lead to faster coral growth. And i changed my xm20k to reeflux 12k!!

 

[Tswifty]

Yeah I give up... I'm going to 250w Radium 20k's and Super Actinic VHO's as soon as I can afford new SE reflectors.

At least my stuff will "look" amazing then. :lol:

 

[DiscoReefRover]

doing the same here !!!!1 already have the radiums now for 440w of vho <<<<insert evil laugh here<<<

 

[itZme]

Might as well load up your IceCap 660 with some of these "for color"

http://www.blacklight.com/items/WFF32T8BLB

 

[DiscoReefRover]

arent those bad for our tanks ? at least that was what i understand?

 

[vivek]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14212682#post14212682 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme
Might as well load up your IceCap 660 with some of these "for color"

http://www.blacklight.com/items/WFF32T8BLB

:lol:

 

[vivek]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14212659#post14212659 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DiscoReefRover
doing the same here !!!!1 already have the radiums now for 440w of vho <<<<insert evil laugh here<<< [/QUOTE


what ballast will you be using to fire these?

 

[Rhodophyta]

Black light? Why not just get some suplus dentist stuff and bombard the tank with X-rays? Not! It seemed a little crazy years ago when aquarists first started getting the bilirubin lights from hospital supply houses. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/17092.htm
Does the blue glow look familiar?

 

[markviiisvt4]

So the next question is when do they start putting the full spectrl graph on every bulb box.

 

[DiscoReefRover]

either one of my Icecap 660s or my Uri a4

 

[vivek]

i think i am going to try the radiums. not sure how the new reeflux 20k bulbs look like. but initial reviews seems to suggest they are a tad more bluer than the reeflux 12k and brings out the greens better.

could not pass on the sale price at hamilton

http://www.hamiltontechnology.com/shop/index.php?task=show&cat=Specials

 

[Tswifty]

That's an amazing deal!

 

[vivek]

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

a nice link about bulb/ ballast comparison

 

[Tswifty]

Interesting link... I haven't been able to get Sanjay's Lighting Site to work since they moved it to Manhattan Reefs.