My 2.5 pico w/ 150w MH

[dla2000]

My old 10 gallon/new pico reef

The Tank
2.5 aga Tank
About 3 lbs of live rock
Just enough sand to cover the bottom (1/2")

Circulation/Cooling/Heating
CoolWorks Iceprob Chiller w/controller (So far it is working good)
AC 20 HOB Filter to house the Iceprob and carbon
AC 20 powerhead for added flow ( It looks a lot better with the added flow)
50w Heater

Lighting
14k 150w MH De bulb
Rejent Flood light Fixture
The fixture in suspended by using a reptile light fixture stand
Lebos Lunar Tracker w/ 1 moonlight LED

Corals
3 Polyp Dendro Frag
Metalic green center with chocholate skirt zoanthids
GSP
2 Acropora Coral, Purple/Green Tenuis

Clean Up Crew
1 Astrea snail
4 bumble bee snails
2 Scarlet Hermit crab

I just put on a Tsunami ATI to see how it will do on this small tank.

I put a small sheet of plexi glass between the iceprob and MH fixture to keep the fan from blowning the heat off the MH into the fins of the iceprob.

 

[shag26272]

sweet

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

How is that water not boiling ?!?!?!
150w MH on a 2.5 wow !!!!!

 

[MrMexReefer]

sweeeet! I was thinking of doing a 70W MH on a 5.5... now I know it will work! haha

 

[Poorcollegereef]

all i have to say is wow... thats sixty watts per gallon... now I am wondering if I can put my 150w on a 1.5pico. It is just a matter of time before someone puts MH over a beer bottle, after all there are reef-ready buds.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

That is like overkill x10:lol:

 

[GobyJohnKenobi]

LOL

Why not skip the live rock and just cement different color monti caps on the back glass?