what ballasts do you use marie?

I'm using the HQI ballasts that came with the hamilton hood

How long and what technique did you use to try and acclimatize them to the new lights?

hey just a thought I tried hamilton then Geinsman 14.5k then xm10k with my actinic vhos.. and now phoenix.. 14k 250 de I just replaced them as I like them so much.. Awesome light.. a bright white with a hint of blue.. Compared to the XM;s there is no comoparisn in my mind.. you should take a look at them. OA sells them and good price too at around 85 bucks I believe..

Just a thought. tanks looks great

I'm using the single ended xm bulbs on HQI (DE) ballasts, there is easily twice as much light as I was getting with double ended bulb. The colour isn't the problem in fact I quite like the colour, very white. The problem is not acclimating the poor corals properly to the brighter light

I was manually turning them an hour on and an hour off. I think the problem arose because the lights are still on a timer that come on at 11am and I don't get home from work until 1:30-2:00 so they were getting 3 hrs of uninterupted light.

Now the lights are about 18" off the water and they are being shaded through dark window film. It's sorta like heavy cloud cover for a few days while they recuperate :lol:

I read somewhere that Achilles tangs don't like MH so if you don't mind bagging him up I will PM you my address so you can ship it.

Nice Try! Not a chance Patrick1. I live just down the street from Marie and am currently setting up a 225 that Dufus would like very much.:mrgreen:
To tell you the truth I think Marie would rather give up one of her arms than that Achilles.

Blood, sweat and tears went into keeping that fish alive, I would rather give up both my kids :razz:

And there is an 8ft by 3ft tank in my future so Doofus won't need your 225g Lance :mrgreen:

I am not sure why but I find the Achilles to be such an amazing fish. Also being this thread was about your MH it looks nice. Comming from MH to being a hard core T5 guy, I am kicking around the idea of adding a little MH Back to give my system/electrical bill a little more POP I miss the shimmer.