Lighting 30"??

Kryten · #1 03-09-2006, 06:35 PM

What would you guys think of this?

http://www.jbjnanocubes.com/index.ht...rget=d779.html

I have the same size tank and am also trying to decide how to light it...

mr_alberta · #2 03-09-2006, 08:14 PM

Coralife makes a very similar fixture to the "Viper" posted. I've seen a couple of them. They look like nice fixtures, but, to be honest, it looked almost like a retrofitted shoplight which you could probably do yourself for half the price.

Twisted-1 · #3 03-09-2006, 10:11 PM

Like in the original question, how high off the water should a 175 or 250 MH be mounted?

mr_alberta · #4 03-09-2006, 10:41 PM

8-12" is the general consensus.

jevan23 · #5 03-17-2006, 07:10 PM

thanks guys, hanvnt made up my mind on 175W or 250W, but im gunna have to decide fast as my 70 just sold and ive got nowhere for my corals to go for the time being. poor things are all sitting under a halogen desk lamp

topdown · #6 05-26-2006, 04:23 AM

I have a 30" long tank (Finnex M-TAnk). I wanted to upgrade the lighting from a 30" PC strip to MH+(PC or T5). I obsessed about finidng a 30" fixture. Nobody makes them (well, two or three models maybe).

I ended up getting a 24" Aqua medic 250w MH + T5 fixture and I couldn't be happier. Don't waste any time thinking you need anything longer than 24".

My new acrylic tank is 33" long and the 24" Aqua medic will be going over that too - plenty of coverage.

My $0.02.