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So I just have a quick, simple question regarding my new halides.

It's in a floodlamp right , so there isnt much of a reflector in there. Therefore, the light does not disperse that great... it does indeed spread throughout the tank , just not 100% .

If I buy a clam/SPS coral, and its not directly under the light, will it still be ok?

Silly question maybe... just want to make sure, I don't want to kill off any corals to that. It's 150 HQI , 20k bulb over a 20g tank.

Maybe a new reflector is in store for me... sometime down the road, I'm so broke now.

Yeah, they'll be find considering that your the height of your tank.

Whats his shortness got to do with his question Albert..?? :razz:

cheap shot dude... I'm not even that short man... like 5'6

common now

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Adjust your hight a bit for a wider dispersment of light. I read before that you were going to hang it 4 inches above the tank, try 6-8 inches and see how it looks. Of course a pic would help everyone see whats going on.

Thanks for the input

I don't have pics because the halide isn't setup yet... I still have to construct something to hang it from.. hopefully by this weekend.

I just held it over my tank earlier, and had my dad held it and took a look and noticed it doesnt disperse that great.

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Did you say its a bell pendant? They suck for light dispersement. I'd definately look into buying or building a better relector. If you still have that Coralife PC fixture that got dunked, maybe you could DYI a reflector with supplies from that?

Your tank is only 16" high, so if you hang your light 6 to 8" above the tank you will be fine. :mrgreen:

Hey Danny, this is actually not a bell pendant. It's a floodlamp that was modified to hold the bulb, etc... so it's not as bad as a bell.

I'll try hanging it a bit higher like you guys suggested.. it just looks so much nicer when its say 4" to the water surface

Oops, I had originally typed a longer sentence then shortened it...

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