Are MH's really the way to go

[Buccaneer]

Thats a naso tang by the looks of it on the right and it looks more grey in the body than turquoise to me ( I also own a naso tang and it looks a awfull lot like that one with MH lights ) ... the only other fish is a sailfin tang in the middle and a purple tang to the left ... any of those you calling a powder brown tang ?

You may want to get that monitor of yours checked or a optomitrist appointment may be due

anyways no one said you need MH,

the author of this thread was advised that MH was the only way to go ... I was merely pointing out that there are alternatives to MH and I doubt that these T5's would cost more than a MH setup

and we are not talking about using PC lighting for SPS as a alternative ... instead that beautifull tank is run with 100% T5's

PS ... if you read that monster thread that got auto split by the RC forums ... the tank is 2 years as a mostly SPS dominated tank ... FOWLR previous to that

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

Thats a naso tang by the looks of it on the right and it looks more grey in the body than turquoise to me ( I also own a naso tang and it looks a awfull lot like that one with MH lights ) ... the only other fish is a sailfin tang in the middle and a purple tang to the left ... any of those you calling a powder brown tang ?

Um, monitor is fine, didn't spent this much money on it to be not fine
and Naesco/powder blue I am always getting mixed up so either way they should be blue, and yes I did get my glasses and have another look and where did powder brown come from?

Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

the author of this thread was advised that MH was the only way to go ...

you know, I just reread this thread and I didn't see a statement at all implying MH are the only way to go, I see a lot of in the long run you'll save money by going MH, and a lot of personally I like MH the best out of all my set ups, but yes we all know you don't need MH, if the tank is shallow you can get away with NO lighting and if you use the vodka and chemical method you can probably have a beautiful tank, but as most of us 99% are not into fussing 3 times a day or daily or some even weekly and are not willing to shell out the big bucks for these new systems on the market, in all reality can you say anything bad about going with MH aside from you might need to find a way to cool it down if your set up is designed wrong?

Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

and we are not talking about using PC lighting for SPS as a alternative ... instead that beautiful tank is run with 100% T5's

It doesn't matter weather it is PC or T5HO (which we can't seem to get in Canada anyways, or if we can not that easy) with the chemical regiment he is doing, he would probably get the same result. Besides a PC is a T4Ho anyways which has an intensity higher than a T5, but its down fall is its folded design which ends up making ~33% of the light unavailable.

Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

PS ... if you read that monster thread that got auto split by the RC forums ... the tank is 2 years as a mostly SPS dominated tank ... FOWLR previous to that

I saw the sps but I missed the 2 years, to much reading, well actually tired of sifting through the RC crap to find some useful info. I remembered why I don't go there any more now, thanks.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

you know, I just reread this thread and I didn't see a statement at all implying MH are the only way to go

Originally Posted by Cam

Hi,
I recently was told by my brother-in-law, aka bnhreef, who is the smartest guy in all of the world, 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

the above was the first post in the thread ... you did not have to go any further than that to see who I was responding to

The author of this thread asked a question and I was just giving him a alternate opinion ( ie different than yours )

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

The author of this thread asked a question and I was just giving him a alternate opinion ( ie different than yours )

Pretty sure we have a rule that nobody can have an opinion different than Stircrazy's....or at least he keeps asking for one!! hahahaaaa

[Willow]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Pretty sure we have a rule that nobody can have an opinion different than Stircrazy's....or at least he keeps asking for one!! hahahaaaa

i think we should all have a whip around and get steve a new pair of glasses.. or maybe a tang id book

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Pretty sure we have a rule that nobody can have an opinion different than Stircrazy's....or at least he keeps asking for one!! hahahaaaa

arn't you suposed to be gone?

Steve

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

the above was the first post in the thread ... you did not have to go any further than that to see who I was responding to

Bah, I thought you ment in the replies oh well I missed that one

Steve