Are MH's really the way to go

[Willow]

Originally Posted by Bob I

.I don't understand the question, as it is not English.

looks like english here. on the other hand i don't remember starting a sentence with a question mark as proper english, i'll leave the fancy details to you.

[vanreefer]

Yes

[Fish]

IMO halide is the best quality of lighting and also works out to be the cheapest. Especially if you can avoid getting fleeced by LFS prices. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the "shimmer" as an advantage. That being said... I am kind of partial to the colour and look of tanks lit by pc and t5. Something about not having every nook and cranny lit up... seems to give a tank more 'mood'. The problem is, it will cost you more, may limit your livestock choices, and you will probably end up going to halide eventually anyway. From my experience, halide also allows for lower tank temperatures than pc lighting (unless you enclose it in a canopy right on top of your tank - but because of its penetrating power it doesn't need to be sitting right over the water).

In Bob's defense:
I too hate being corrected on something like grammar when I am trying to get an answer to a non-grammar-related question - but, he usually doesn't bother anyone unless the mistakes are really glaring or comprimise the meaning of the post so that you have to guess or assume what the person is asking. As much as he can be a pain, he does provide an important role here on Canreef... reminding us of the common courtesy of pre reading our posts. I'm sure that my post has errors too, but I did make an effort to have it as correct as possible... and I think that's reasonable to expect. And I suspect that Bob actually enjoys getting flamed - I would have an easier time believing that his signature line is Homer Simpson quoting BobI and not the other way around. JMO

- Chad

Edited - for spelling ( :

[Willow]

i dunno, those wacky germans are producing some pretty wicked tanks using t5's only.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Cam

Hi,
I recently was told if you ever want coral that MH's are the way too regardless of the wattage and k of power compacts they just wont compare to Metal Halide lighting. Is this true?
Thanks
Cam

I have spent probably over 7K on lighting because I tried the overdriven NO, then PC/VHO, then PC/MH (175) and now 250watt MH.. I would have saved about 6K of it just going MH from the getgo.

Steve