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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I disagree, but it does get testy. As in, teste, as in "testerone." I for one am sorry to have been a walking dick here in this thread.

On Topic: though sodium lamps are great for growing weed (or so I've heard through my prison visitation program), I don't think they would turn anyone's crank here.

Also, I have no SPS and cannot have any. You guys seem to be concentrating on those, so I'm out of my league.

Cheers.

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Blue and white light has been shown to promote greater skeletal growth in both LPS corals and SPS corals. With the addition of a healthier population of zooxanthellae within the coral tissue. "one should not overlook the importance of asthetics. A tank should be both functional and beautiful!"Delbeek and Sprung

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Ironic post Bob.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm sorry, but L-O-freaking-L ! (I have to go pee now.) Humour is where you find it, I guess.

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[ 05 October 2002, 15:10: Message edited by: AJ_77 ]

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Bob, Bob,Bobin in the water. Why do I bother!!LOL http://www3.telus.net/public/montipor/Anemone.jpg http://www3.telus.net/public/montipor/LeftTank.jpg http://www3.telus.net/public/montipor/BlueMontiCap.jpg http://www3.telus.net/public/montipor/RightSide.jpg You want a reason to change your lights, I think you just gave it Bob!!!

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Very nice indeed. Much more than I will ever attempt. I am just a poor pensioner :eek: . Could you post some details somewhere? such as size of tank, lighting, and inhabitants?

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Holy cow. I just stumbled into this thread.

A PC light comparison photo from July follows. The new PC bulb is on the left and the 6 month old PC bulb is on the right. It is noticeably dimmer on the right side.

I think a 6 month PC bulb does have some useful life but I would not use them if they were the main bulbs in the tank. As my PC bulbs are the main and only light source in my tank, I choose to change them every 6 months as I think the animals will be happier and it also looks better for my viewing pleasure. If they were supplemented by more PC bulbs or if they themselves were supplements to main MH bulbs, I wouldn't change them for 2 years.

For people with multiple high powered MH lights over their tanks, they may have success with 2 year old lights because they have so much light in the first place, a decrease in intensity isn't going to affect the health of their animals.

Chris, very nice. Very interesting to see differences in our BTA clones under different lighting conditions.

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef.../gevsoldge.jpg

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I am going to be eating a bit of crow today. You will find a picture below of my 33 gallon tank. The left side is lit with Sam's six month old GE 9325K PC bulb. The right is my almost two year old same bulb. I will replace the right one as soon as this post is done. I will then observe that BTA to see if it looks better. It looks like I will still continue to buy your six month old bulbs Sam.
http://www.therockies.com./rcipema/newbulb.jpg

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Well we certainly have many replies. Some of which appear to be well thought out, and very useful. Sadly enough some replies appear to just plain dumb. But that is the problem with written communication. It is impossible to really tell what the writer wants to say. I therefore ignore all replies that seem dumb, and cast aspersions on me and my methods. I am sure the writer of those comments is not anywhere as dumb as it appears. Now for Jamie Cross who wanted pictures. I have just updated my site with lots of pictures. And for Tony, please have a look at this Anemone pictures and tell me if it looks alright.
http://www.therockies.com/rcipema/anemoneone.jpg I have no knowledge of them so anything would help. As to someone coming over to take pictures of your tank. I would be happy to do so although I do not have the best camera in the world. :D :) :lol:

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Bob,

Yes I have seen some shots of your tank. I feel brown is not at all a hard color to acheive. I geuss everyone is intrested in different things in this hobby and as long as your acheiveing what you wish continue doing what your doing.If I know anything about corals, I feel the deep brown color in your animals are causes by less then adequate lighting. This causes your animals to host as much zooxanthalle as possible to substain life. Yes I'm sure they will life. As healthy as possible? From my experience I'd say no. But at the end of the day this is a selfish hobby and if your happy then that is what matters. Myself am not happy unless I'm pulling the best colors as possible out of my animals. As much as other things play a roll, lighting is one of the major contributers. That is why I feel the way I do about the kelvin and life of my bulbs.