more blue gorg, and more

[newgeek]

it raises some questions such as the wattage of the tubes, and the number of them used on the tank

Good call Bob,
I was wondering the same thing.

[Aquattro]

I'll see if I can get any further info on the tank.

[Aquattro]

Here we go...comments from someone who has visited the tank!!

3000l tank
3.5 m x 0.8m x 0.6m dimension (I think it works out
to be 900 gallon ??) glass 15 cm thick

changed from HQI to T-5 in Aug 2001 (so, he has been
using T-5 for almost 2 1/2 year now)

T-5 used: 120 cm long each tube (4 feet)
32 x T-5 used all together each 54 w
4 banks
each bank with 3 x blue
4 x sun
1 x actinic

Advantages of T-5:
1)life span of 5 years as compared to 1/2 to 1 year on
HQI
2)much lower electirc cost to run
3)cool (yeah, I defitely could tell you that because I
was in his reef tank room for one afternoon)
4)no light frickling
5)coral colours are better (subjective ????)

One disadvantage of T-5...no frickling / rippling
shadow over the corals like those MH light. So, some
people find it boring.

[Acro]

Brad, Thanks for the info. But I still find it strange people post photo's of others but yet don't give them credit for them? I'm not refering to this post only. As a person that enjoys take and sharing photo's I'd like credit if people use my photo's.

[Bartman]

Glass is 6" thick??? Holy sh**!!

Here's my crappy math: 3000L = approx 660 CDN Gallons or 792 US Gallons but the dimensions work out to approx 430 US Gallons. A huge tank either way.

Also, 32 X 54W light = 1728 W total or between 2 to 4 W per US Gallon. I thought you needed more light than that to keep SPS but that tank looks amazing.

[Aquattro]

Jamie, in this case, a vancouver wholesaler had the pics from their german friend and he asked me to post them. I know nothing about the tank owner at all.

[Bartman]

You know, I hated math in school, don't know why I mess with it now.

Looked at the pics again. If the tiles on the back wall are 12" square then the tank is approx 792 US Gallons or 3000L.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Bartman

Glass is 6" thick??? Holy sh**!!

Sorry, I'm told it is 15mm, not cm. Good thing...6" is way thick!!

[Canadian Man]

I got my t5's from Desmond at Aquarium Illusuion's in Edmonton.

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by Canadian Man

I got my t5's from Desmond at Aquarium Illusuion's in Edmonton.

Godd start for those of us with questions. Since they are thin, I expect they use a different socket? Also do they use a ballast dedicated to those tubes?