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Old 02-15-2009, 07:10 PM
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Thinking about converting my 20g fuge or setting up a stand alone 20 or 33g.

Have a 175w MH, would this be to much?
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Old 02-15-2009, 07:51 PM
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Nope. Give it about 8-10 (possibly 12) inches space between your bulb and the water surface and you should be fine
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I have a 250 on a std 33 and the sps tend to like the middle of the tank.
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On the dispaly the MH are on 9 hours, what sort of duration for a frag tank?
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Bah I had a 400W over a 30G grew sps in a hurry ....till a power outage and it crashed ...now it's over a 55G growout tank
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12hr on tank
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