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Old 07-15-2011, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by lastlight View Post
Wow you're sure you can't get away with a pair of 150w? Seems like a ton of light to me to begin with. My guess would be to hang'em high =)
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When I had my frags in there I was only running 150 watt halides. But I did run a 250 watt halide on my 20 gallon frag tank which was only about 11" of water I think. They were all about 8" off the surface of the water I think. But it's really up to you - all you really have to watch for is acclimating the frags to higher or lower light with placement.
It is the only fixture I have ATM so it will have to do. I was thinking of putting it at 24" from the bottom of the tank to the underside of the fixture, that would give me lots of room together into the tank.

How is your frag supply Dez? Might be up there this weekend.
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