Darren, I found your lighting set up :)

[StirCrazy]

hey check this insain lighting set up out [img]smile.gif[/img]

Japanese lighting

got a few thousand bucks in your pillow cases that you don't need :D

in all honesty I love the looks of the Japanese tanks they look so cleean and perfect.. they are the "dutch style planted tanks" of the salt water world.

If yyou want to see some pic's of the Japanese style tanks check this out, you might have to scrool through some junk but there is some real nice eye candy photo and some amazing equipment setup shots ;)
Japanese tanks

Steve

[ 08 June 2002, 10:25: Message edited by: StirCrazy ]

[Son Of Skyline]

I don't understand how those corals survive under such low lighting!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Wow...Electricity must be cheap in Japan.

[Delphinus]

Methinks they don't pay enough for their electricity over there!!!! :eek:

OTOH, I can show those pictures to my wife, and whatever it is I'm trouble for (with three reef tanks it is a given that there is always something or other :D ), suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

Man, what an addictive hobby. :D

[Delphinus]

Actually I know that utilities are not a "walk in the park" over there. Just in awe seeing so many pendents shoehorned into one small space like that.

[DJ88]

Steve,

Been following the Japanese tank threads for a year or more. They were a big part of the design of my current set up. I have thought about individual colored bulbs and nultiple light sources but now that I don't get the paycheques I used to I can't justify it. Maybe once I am back in the workforce. ;)

[StirCrazy]

hey Darren, I was wondering last night about something.. I need your thoughts on it.. or anyone elses for that matter,

if we put a few honken MH on the tank that will take care of all the light the corals need to be happy, would there be any harm in getting cheeper projector type bulbs (halagen or what ever) to creat color accenting?

if there would be no detramental effect aside from extra heat which can be taken care of, it might be a cheep way to creat some wonderfull effects in the tanks.

Steve

[BCReefer]

Just an FYI, my wife is Japanese and I have been there many times myself. Nothing is really cheap in Japan, especially utilities. They have to import almost all of their power or use other means to create it.

I am going there next year and I think I need to spend some time at some LFS.

Cheers,
Patrick

[Delphinus]

My take on that is, IF it's just for "accentuating" AND the heat is of no concern; then go for it. But just be prepared to deal with the heat somehow, and pay the old hydro bill.

I don't think the sprectrum is anywhere useful for photosynthesis. You don't even see halogens used in hydroponics/agriculture situations...

Personally, my "dream" is to be able to use more sunlight than anything else. Either in a south-facing window, a solarium, or greenhouse. Still need to be able to deal with the heat, of course. The one tank I have, that gets sunlight (more by accident than by design, it gets direct sun near the winter solstice, because the rays come in through the south window nearly horizontal at that time of year, and they reach over to the tank on the north side of the room), everything just goes NUTS when the sun is on them. Very pronounced expansion of polyps, stoneys, and anemones. They're definitely at their best for me in the wintertime; and just in a "holding pattern" the rest of the year.

[DJ88]

Steve,

Look like Tony beat me to the punch. ;) So to peak. Did that help at all?

Tony,

I'd love to see some shots of your tank getting hit by sunlight someday.

[BCReefer]

I thought direct sunlight was a big no no since it promoted algae? If this is not so, then i should have set my tank up in front of the window, and still use my lighting as a suplement. I believe that the natural sunlight, even on a cloudy day probably is more powerful and have more good things vs. MH lighting?

Any comments?

Patrick