would this be enough light

[glockcoma]

I had 65watt PC's, and I was told this wasnt enough to keep an anemone, so today I got 2x24 watt T5's, that brings me to a little under 4 watts per gallon, would this keep my anemone happy and healthy

 

[VengefulNemesis]

whose lights are they and where did you get them from?

 

[nick18tjetta]

Watts per gallon is not a good measure of light output. PAR value and the color spectrum of the bulbs matters much more. I have a pair of Iwasaki 175 watt bulbs that have par values that rival many 250 watt bulbs. Go to the Newb forum, and look through the sticky thread for a series of link to lighting a reef tank, and read.

 

[glockcoma]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9974563#post9974563 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by VengefulNemesis
whose lights are they and where did you get them from?

There t5's w/ the fixture only so I retrofitted the second hood door, I got them at a LFS in LA and they cost me about 50 bucks, 1 is a 24 watt daylight, and 1 is a 24watt actinic

here is the 65 watt pc light on the first hood door

and here are the 2x24 watt T5's on the second hood door

 

[VengefulNemesis]

I have a LTA and he's seems to be doing fine under the 65 watt retro kit, but I would also like to keep some corals and I need more lighting. I also had modded the hood for the Remora as well, works great. The fan mod you have is going to be next on my list because it does get a little hot in the tank. Just make sure you have room for the anemone beacuse mine has taken up the left side of the tank.

 

[glockcoma]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9975512#post9975512 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by VengefulNemesis
I also had modded the hood for the Remora as well, works great. .

you have an eclipse hood too, did you take out the biowheel, I took it out and the bio bag taken out also I cut out the eggcrate that come w/ the bio bag, cleaned it and flipped it over and I place a Chemi-pure nylon sock there and I put a nylon sock filled w/ 1/2 phosban and 1/2 carbon, where the biowheel goes.

I \'ve trying to figure out how to turn it into a mini refugium, but lighting it would be a problem.

love the hood though, it has a nice sleek look, not all boxy and bulky like alot of canopies.

 

[VengefulNemesis]

I took out the bio wheel also, used a dremel to cut out the ramp thing used to power the bio wheel, lots of nasty stuff gets stuck in behind there. I place a bag of phosban in there. I cut the pad of the Eclipse 3 filters off with a razor blade and dump the carbon out, keep the plastic frame and fill with fresh carbon, and cut some of the HBH filter pad to fit the frame, set it on top and its good to go. That way I don't have to spend so much on filters. I love the hood for the same reasons, looks good. I have thought about the mini refugium too, but not sure about lighting. Also been thinking about how to run an external pump on the Remora to get the mj out of the tank. Your tank looks good, here's a pic of mine. If you have any other good ideas let me know thanks.

 

[glockcoma]

what you can do to hide the pump is to put a pre filter box on and in th outake of pre filter put your eclipse power head, it hides it nicely

 

[pbukow]

and here are the 2x24 watt T5's on the second hood door

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It looks like you might have room to put some individual parabolic reflectors on your t5's to really get the full value of these bulbs. With the reflectors on the t5's and the pc bulb, you should be able to keep a variety of different corals and and anemones. Just my $0.02

 

[glockcoma]

Thanks pbukow,

I lined the inside around the lights w/ alluminum foil

 

[pbukow]

Not exactly what i had in mind but that will help, what you would really need to get all of the PAR into the tank are professionally made individual, parabolic reflectors for your t5 bulbs. They will increase the perfomance of your bulbs 300%. Really should look into it, if you wanted some more light loving cnidarians in your setup