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Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef (Post 269099)

Such as? Units or bulb selection? Or both?

Both.

Speaking of which, KZ bulbs arriving sometime early next week.

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Originally Posted by kwirky (Post 269151)

one serious consideration is with my T5's, NOTHING could be kept in the upper 8 inches of my tank without it bleaching. I'm suspecting if I had a two bulb MH setup, I could have placed corals at the top of the tank, as long as they weren't directly under the bulb.

I second that to a degree one of my older SPS is doing very good right under T5 x 6 Tek fixture, but the other i had to move down. And i have less intense light output now because of two pink ATI color-pro German bulbs i am trying out (suppose to be a new miracle)
Shimmering is definately nice to have when you go MH, if you do go with at least 250 DE and get a good ballast like M80.

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Originally Posted by albert_dao (Post 269156)

Either.

I don't think that quality MH need to be changed that frequently, unnecessary expense.

Thank you so far for the info.

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Originally Posted by albert_dao (Post 269157)

Both.

Speaking of which, KZ bulbs arriving sometime early next week.

Lovely :)