Ok I just got the Lumenmax Elite hung. It's so ghetto with like tie-wraps and stuff. This bulb looks unreal to me. I actually don't think the 150w ballast I previously had (case looked homemade and had no labels but was magnetic) was hqi (m81) as this 250w on the m80 fluoresces like MAD! Spread is also insane compared to the disco ball. I'm seeing parts of corals and rock I never saw before. Some corals are already showing more polyp extension or some where there never was any.
Two problems now.
1) I need to build a 3-sided open top canopy to wrap around the tank because you can't sit on the couch anymore without getting BLASTED.
2) my poor azoo 4-fan unit HAS NOT SHUT OFF since it first came on. It seems to be holding things at 80 but it can't get the tank back to 79 and it's been nearly 20 min. This won't get any better when a canopy is on. I do plan to cut vent slits in the front to allow flow out the front but still...
So anyone have a used chiller they want to sell? DAAAAMN!
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