halide upgrade-need help!

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

Oh, I see you're getting the XM 14K bulb (isn't that 15K?), a notoriously low par bulb. Should be your safest choice for that setup.

Agree it will be great for acclimation but you might want to switch them with a higher par bulb later. What Ballast are you going to use?

J

[bv_reefer]

the type of the ballast i will find out today, but what do you meen higher par?
does that meen higher kelvin, or better quality bulb?

[Reefer Rob]

"Photosynthetic Available Radiation" or something like that.

Here's the best halide info on the web:
Sanjay's Website

[bv_reefer]

ok i'll ask for that when i go buy a new bulb. i think the XM-15k should be fine

[bv_reefer]

so with a 400-watt over my 33-gallon, can i pretty much keep all the acros, milliporas, and clams, that need high light?

[michika]

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

so with a 400-watt over my 33-gallon, can i pretty much keep all the acros, milliporas, and clams, that need high light?

Yup you should be able to. You may need to put LPS into shadier areas though.

[NateL]

You will probibly have some darker areas on either end of your tank with it being 3ft wide and using only 1 central light. Probibly not much, but it might be better areas for your LPS and softies.

Nate