Reeftanks6
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Very nice!
Kar's 55g Red Sea Reef Thread
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black_majik
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I think if you can install individual reflectors on each light you can muster enough light, without reflectors I don't think, unless inches from the surface, SPS will grow. Also with your stocking list, correct me if I am wrong, don't parrot wrasses get large? ( 10+ inches). If so I would take that off your list.
new_world_disor
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good site to get reflectors off :
http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/catalogue/fluorescent-reflectors-enhancers.asp
there just down the road from me and are very reasonable on price. and very fast delivery ( sometimes i cba driving there )
http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/catalogue/fluorescent-reflectors-enhancers.asp
there just down the road from me and are very reasonable on price. and very fast delivery ( sometimes i cba driving there )
Justinandkrista
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looks alot like an old via aqua tank. Is it?
kar93
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No its not a Via Aqua. Its not a parrot wrasse im getting im not sure what it is but on the website they have it as that name and it only gets around 6" i think they said. Yes i did remove the brace and its an exact fit but im not sure what to do with the calcium reactor im going to get. I may just take the bits of wood of the back of the stand, You know there just the dryboard that you get to put wires through. Yep i will be keeping the wires tidy, Hoepfully 
The bucket of sand is just the stuff i took out the tank when me and Aaron cleaned it out.
The bucket of sand is just the stuff i took out the tank when me and Aaron cleaned it out.
MR PALM BEACH
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12232015#post12232015 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrismunn
whats with all the metric speak? your in america, translate that into inches
:lol: funny.
PaPa_Johnny
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12232015#post12232015 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrismunn
whats with all the metric speak? your in america, translate that into inches
Kar is in the UK. That's why the metric speak
jwb0126
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I know it might be a bit of a pain, but you could always rip the ballasts and sockets out of the fixture and put them into a canopy with reflectors. I know that would be a lot of work, but I know a buddy who did that with actinics to supplement his halides and it worked just fine.
You could also just leave them the way that they are. Pretty much the point of the reflectors are to concentrate the light from the bulbs down into the tank. Granted you won't get the same quality without them as with reflectors, but anytime that you have bulbs in a fixture like yours, you're not going to lose a whole lot of light going in other directions besided into the tank. I think that unless you can come up with an easy solution, the amount of work that would be required to put in reflectors would outweigh the benefits. JMO.
You could also just leave them the way that they are. Pretty much the point of the reflectors are to concentrate the light from the bulbs down into the tank. Granted you won't get the same quality without them as with reflectors, but anytime that you have bulbs in a fixture like yours, you're not going to lose a whole lot of light going in other directions besided into the tank. I think that unless you can come up with an easy solution, the amount of work that would be required to put in reflectors would outweigh the benefits. JMO.
Reeftanks6
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sounds good kar. yea i like open tops a lot i dont know why but i just do. I like to look through the top of the water and see the fish swimming around. Cant wait to see the Light.
kar93
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Ok,Ive taken a look at the fixture but this metal sheet thats behind it looks like it could be just as good as individuals as it is going up the side of the bulbs aswell (if you get that) Im a big fan of open tops aswell because i like to see the fish swimming around aswell. And i love to see the corals from above aswell.
chrismunn
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im sorry kar, i didnt realize that your not in the US. 
i should have said "translate for thoes of us in the US who for some reason dont follow the same system of measure as the rest of the world"
how would you build a canopy for thoes lights if you ripped them apart anayways? the lights are longer than the tank arent they? you'd have to build one giant canopy, and im sure it would be way too big!
im in favor of keeping the lighthood in tact. it looks good the way it is IMO.
there is a reflector that has a mirror finish, and wraps every individual light bulb on a t5 setup, but i cant think of the name of it right now. maybe it will come back to me later???
i should have said "translate for thoes of us in the US who for some reason dont follow the same system of measure as the rest of the world" how would you build a canopy for thoes lights if you ripped them apart anayways? the lights are longer than the tank arent they? you'd have to build one giant canopy, and im sure it would be way too big!
im in favor of keeping the lighthood in tact. it looks good the way it is IMO.
there is a reflector that has a mirror finish, and wraps every individual light bulb on a t5 setup, but i cant think of the name of it right now. maybe it will come back to me later???
Reeftanks6
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yea i also love looking at the corals.
