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Well I've joined the ranks of those who strive for sunlight in their tanks....

I finally got MH over my reef!!! :D

I bought a used 250W MH ballast and Iwasaki 6500K lamp from Pocilipora (Thanks a bunch Chris) and installed it in my hood tonight. Boy that sucker is bright! (and hot!)

While a single centered MH lamp is not ideal on a 5' tank, it will now allow me to keep pretty much any corals I want, as well as make my clam and other corals much happier. Perhaps down the road another 250W MH deal will come along, and I can have one on either side of the tank, which would be ideal I think.

So my total lighting is now almost 700W!! (1x250W MH 6500K + 4x110W VHO 2 Actinic, 1 Aquasun 10K, 1 6500K)

Woohooo!!

PS... Gonna need one of them fancy reflectors next time I see you Shane. (Or Brad)