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07-04-2010, 05:54 AM
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My biggest issue is obviously I am new at this and I am willing to spend the money on a good fixture but I don't want to buy one that I'll want to get rid of it or it's a piece of crap!
 I am doing endless research but sometimes I feel like I am going around in circles  
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07-04-2010, 07:00 AM
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Love the look of MH (shimmer
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07-04-2010, 06:25 PM
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It also depends on the room its kept in & how warm your house normally gets.
My place is usually nice and cool, at least 5-10 degrees cooler than the upstairs suite. If I open the front & back doors, most days I'll have a nice little breeze blow through. In the summer, on the hottest days, I turn on my portable AC unit and that keeps my room temp between 24-26C and my tank at this point doesn't go above 27-28C when the halides are on. I may also switch to reverse photoperiod on the hottest days (nights on at night with the windows open and off during the day when its blazing hot outside). I find the AC is the best for me since I overheat easily and an AC keeps the home cool.
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07-04-2010, 09:51 PM
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Also, I have a Coralife Aqualight Pro with 3x 250W 14,000K MH and 4x 64W actinic power compacts with moon lights in LEDs. My question is: why doesn't my tank have that clean blueish look that everyone else's pics seems to have? Mine seems yellowish by comparison. Do I need to change my bulbs, they are only 11 months old (hence me trying to understand "DE"). I just bought a few SPS frags, some LPS, and trying hard not to kill them. My leathers and mushrooms (my first Noobie corals) are doing well, and now I am trying to move up to the amazing tanks that everyone else has (me want one, too!!). Thanks. Loving this site and reading/learning lots, but trying to guesstimate what most of the short-handed writing means.
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