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01-21-2010, 11:06 PM
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Well I added a 2 bulb T5 fixture to supplement the MH. I just haven't liked the color with just the MH's. Too white even abit yellowish. I find the coral colors somewhat dull.
T5's have added some much needed blue...perhaps abit too much and I will play with the bulb choices later. But...I am much happier with the colors. The coral colors appear much brighter and the greens, even oranges are much brighter. Ofcourse I have a hard time trying to capture the true colors with my camera settings but this does basically show the difference. (Thanks Kev for getting me a fixture so quickly!) Just realized my GSP rock fell down in the back when I looked at the pics...damn...guess I gotta go get wet to fix it... Here's a couple before and after pics: before  after  before closer  after closer  
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01-21-2010, 11:11 PM
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Looks good Carmen. It`s tough with the curved glass finding a light that you`re happy with as nothing fits quite right. All my SPS are a bit in the shade in the front where you see them the most, thus not as nice of colours. Speaking of which, when you getting those SPS....
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01-22-2010, 01:24 AM
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Thanks Scott. I will try a couple sps...soon...  Having abit of a cyano issue and still wanting to add another K4 for more flow so perhaps after that I'll throw in an easy sps or something and see how it goes! I modded 2 of my Koralia 3's to increase the output some. I think it helped but am still needing more. I definately have alot of space on top to fill, don't I?
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01-22-2010, 04:36 AM
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Ya sort of a feminine kick to the reef tank experience!  (How big are the K5's? Maybe that would be perfect? I'll look into them ok)
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01-22-2010, 04:43 AM
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Looks great Carmen, like the aquascaping. Do you want to come do mine in the new tank when it is ready, lol. It's only 18" deep & 22" wide so you should be able to reach all of it without a ladder,lol. Oh ya I did tell you it was 8' long.
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