Luminarcs -- Excellent!
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ReeferMonkey
Premium Member
So, anyone got some updated pics of the LA3 or LA3Mini over their tanks?
birdman204
New member
I'm tellin' you, these things light up your life.
Running 3 of them over an 8 foot tank.
Running 3 of them over an 8 foot tank.
RedEyeReef
Active member
birdman204 said:
What are your tank dimensions?
Greg Hiller
New member
This is quite a long thread, and I'm not going to read the whole mess, but on the chance that it hasn't been mentioned to protect these reflectors I just ordered two pieces of 18" square 1/8" glass. There are convenient holes in the reflector that will allow for me to insert these pieces of glass and hold them in place with some pieces of wire. I've learned the hard way that small amounts salt spray over the years will seriously corrode any reflectors. It's a lot easier to clean glass, or if the glass is permanently damaged, a lot cheaper to replace the $8 piece of glass than the $100 reflector.
FWIW, here's the lighting system I set up for my 400 gallon (8'x3'x30inch deep) tank:
The system was built using 1" and 3/4" square stock aluminum from Home Depot, about $10 worth. The fixtures are Reef Optix III for DE MH bulbs and the large reflectors are the Diamond Lumenarc reflectors for SE MH bulbs. I'll be using 400 W 20 K Radiums with the PFO HQI ballasts and in the DE fixtures I'll be using 250 W 10 K AB's on the Ice Cap ballasts. This lighting fixture will hang above my tank and run back and forth on a light rail system to better distribute the light. Fixture is ~5 1/2 ft, tank is 8 ft.
Below is a shot of the reflection of the bulbs from the bottom glass of the tank. The two DE bulbs on the end are not on because I will have to wait until I shutdown my 110 SPS system to 'harvest' the IceCap ballasts for them. You can see the ten-zillion reflections from the Diamond Lumenarcs.
FWIW, here's the lighting system I set up for my 400 gallon (8'x3'x30inch deep) tank:
The system was built using 1" and 3/4" square stock aluminum from Home Depot, about $10 worth. The fixtures are Reef Optix III for DE MH bulbs and the large reflectors are the Diamond Lumenarc reflectors for SE MH bulbs. I'll be using 400 W 20 K Radiums with the PFO HQI ballasts and in the DE fixtures I'll be using 250 W 10 K AB's on the Ice Cap ballasts. This lighting fixture will hang above my tank and run back and forth on a light rail system to better distribute the light. Fixture is ~5 1/2 ft, tank is 8 ft.
Below is a shot of the reflection of the bulbs from the bottom glass of the tank. The two DE bulbs on the end are not on because I will have to wait until I shutdown my 110 SPS system to 'harvest' the IceCap ballasts for them. You can see the ten-zillion reflections from the Diamond Lumenarcs.
birdman204
New member
Dave..
I ordered my first LA3 in Feb of '04.... Came with glass and vent hole....
I ordered three more in 12 of '04 ... they were not offering the glass or fan vents...
Now they are again? Or did you not order it that way and it just came that way?
I ordered my first LA3 in Feb of '04.... Came with glass and vent hole....
I ordered three more in 12 of '04 ... they were not offering the glass or fan vents...
Now they are again? Or did you not order it that way and it just came that way?
merlock116
New member
anybody know what that A3 setup is on the PGS website? looks like a LA3 but 20 bux cheaper?
