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........... amen

I am going to echo and disagree with some here at 24" deep a normal 250 is not enuf for high light corals unless they are all in the top 1/2 of the tank. a good guide line is 18" 250 watt, 24" 250 HQI or 400 watt. I would recomend the 250 watt HQI over the 400 watt and I would also sugest you get normal 250 watt single ended bulbs and only the HQI ballast.

Steve

I think the 250 HQI 14k will be the best choice based on what you guys are saying. Any SPS that I will do will be up towards the top of the tank, I want to save to lower half for LPS and softies that are a little better out of the bright light. The only big light consumers that will be near the bottom will be any clams that I might add.. but I will run any clam purchase though the "experts" to make sure that my conditions are right for them.

Thanks again... and any further advice is welcomed!

Greg

Is this a good choice? - with the Geismann 14.5k bulb option?


http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...t_ID=pfo-hp8q2

I would go the 20w 14K....BTW that cube sounds familar did you buy it at Petsmart my wife is picking hers up tomorrow.....to use for FW :cry:

I Have a 30 gallon cube tank running at the moment with a 150 watt Hqi pendant. I have mostly softies but the light output with a 10 k bulb is very nice. I just switched the bulb to a 20K for a little more blue color. If you would like to see some pictures give me your e mail adress and I will send some your way :mrgreen:

I picked mine up at Big Als on boxing day, but I did see the same ones at Petsmart so I wouls imagine it is the same cube :) It's pretty high, and is proving a little tricky to aquascape, but it was the perfect tank for me since I wanted to upgrade but had a small space to squeeze a new tank into.

I see Coralife has a new 36 inch 250 Watt HQI Pro light out :D
I may have to look into one!

http://www.esuweb.com/cardfile.asp?I...lationship=313

Perfect for us guys that have no center brace :D:D

14k and 20k bulbs offer far less (useable by sps) output compared to 10000k bulbs. the giesmann 13000k is supposed to have good output and a nice blue to it.

with 250HQI on a 24" tank it won't matter much you will still have plenty of PAR on the bottom of the tank with 14 or 20K bulbs.

Steve