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![]() My initial impression of this fixture is, Why didn't I get MH lighting long ago.
I'm going from a 2 bulb Hagen to this so there really should be a huge difference, but I am thrilled with this light. I realize that it is not really high end equipment, but for this system at home it is a huge addition. I only have a few SPS and I think that they were already dead from lack of proper lighting. I am going to leave them in the tank for a few days to see if they come back, I am hopeful. The mushrooms, toadstool and Nems love the new lights as do the torch and frogspawn. The current light cycle is Actinics on at 9:00 AM off at 9:00 PM MH on at 1:00 PM off at 6:00 PM Moonlights on 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM Is this enough MH for my lightly coraled tank (mostly softies) ?? If I add more LPS or SPS should I increase this ?? At present the bulbs are factory bulbs, so I am looking at upgrading the T5s for sure, I have 1 Icecap Actinic and am wondering if I should order one more or a deepwater 14k so that the sunrise sunset cycle has more natural light than straght actinic lighting. What do most others do ??? I am happy with the stock MH bulb, it is very white, so I may pick up a Phoenix for a little more blue to see the difference. Any recommendations ?? I will post some tank pics in a bit.
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