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03-08-2009, 04:24 AM
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what kind of a light is that?
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03-08-2009, 04:35 AM
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an electrician, and I know the true cost of ballasts and lights. But soon as you label Marine, or aquarium the price jumps sky high. I think alot more people would get into the hobby is stuff wasnt over priced. I'll be really interested in hearing your thougfhts on the light, fit, finish, etc.
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03-08-2009, 05:42 AM
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I think the fixture is pretty good. The case is made of aluminum which is nice a light. Should be good for dissipating heat as well. But there is not cooling fan on the unit.
It comes with a hanging kit, I think it is nice accessory. The power cord that it uses from the fixture to ballast is a very basic one used by ordinary appliances, not the round one. I don't know if that is good enough for such high output light. I guess the most important thing in a fixture is the ballast and reflector. I have not comment on those at this moment since I haven't used it long enough.
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03-16-2009, 01:23 AM
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Nice scaping job! Looks really good.
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03-28-2009, 09:07 AM
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So I got my float switch and built my auto top off system.
For a while I was thinking how I can mount the float switch. I thought about cutting a few pieces of acrylic and mount with some plastic bolt and nuts. But then my boss gave me some simple idea. So I used a pvc pipe, cut in the middle to clamp it onto the baffle glass. Mount the float switch onto it and connect it to the aqualifter pump, and done! I also found a great 6gal container at Can Tire for the topoff water. It fits into a tight space beside my tank very nicely. So happy I finally got this done     I've only moved 5 corals and some hermits into the tank. Slowly I'll move the SPS from my 75gal into it. I find the bulb of this light fixture is not too good. I got the 14k bulb, but couple minutes after firing up the unit, it loses the blue tint and become yellowish white. I will replace it with a phoenix 14K. My coral are all brownish  . Hopefully they will color up. Can't wait for that day to come.
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03-30-2009, 03:05 AM
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I moved more corals into the tank and added a few fish.
A chrub angel, long fin shrimp goby, a couple firefish and a tiny lawnmower blenny. I am getting quite a bit of green hair algae. The lawnmower is only 1 inch, tiny little cute fish. He'll have to work double overtime  Here are more pics.     
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03-30-2009, 04:06 AM
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Looks good Sam!
Just need to change that bulb  Those Firefish are so nice! I want one but I am not sure how they would do in my tank.
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03-30-2009, 04:43 AM
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Ya, I'm waiting for the Phoenix 14k bulbs. Hopefully will be here soon.
I actually cheated on the photos a bit by using a different white balance. The actual color is a bit more yellow. I want a couple of the "purple" firefish as well. They are so cool.
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