Let there be light!

[canadawest]

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)

[titus]

Hello,

Um... you have 700W over a 100g, which is a 7:1 ratio. I have 300W over a 20g, which is a 15:1 ratio. Um.... :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[christyf5]

Now now Titus, no gloating! (I have a 10:1 ratio ;) ).

Congrats Andrew. I bet your tank looks awesome!

Christy [img]smile.gif[/img]

[smokinreefer]

i only have 6:1, i guess it's time to upgrade :rolleyes: [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I recently set up a tank with 3.28 to 1 lighting and it had 6560watts of lighting....
You do the math...

[Son Of Skyline]

Originally posted by canadawest:


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!)

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Me too :D

Now I've got a total of 310w over my 27gal. That gives me a 11.48:1 ratio...beat that [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Troy F]

Originally posted by Son Of Skyline:
Now I've got a total of 310w over my 27gal. That gives me a 11.48:1 ratio...beat that [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think Titus already did [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

[canadawest]

Ahhhh, you poor souls with tiny little tanks.... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Tiny wattages over tiny tanks....

Me, I prefer larger tanks, with larger lights... (No I'm not compensating!!) :eek:

Kidding of course, I'm just thrilled to have Halide for the intensity and glimmer lines.

[Son Of Skyline]

Originally posted by Troy F:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Son Of Skyline:
Now I've got a total of 310w over my 27gal. That gives me a 11.48:1 ratio...beat that [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think Titus already did [img]tongue.gif[/img] .</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh yeah...didn't see the second part of his post...DANG!!! I'm always second! :D

[pocilipora]

Now , after the 400's were put on I have a ratio of 13.77:1 1240watts of light.Wow :eek: :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]