New lighting - new technology????

[canadawest]

Troy, I think he's already got the 175W MH, just getting a new lamp for it(as he mentioned in the post).

I suspect he's just looking to add some additional lighting at a low cost.

[BCReefer]

I have re-read some of the posts here and I decided that I am going to supplement my lighting with 2 26W compact fluorescent bulbs & I as I need a new 175W bulb I am going to get either a 6500K or 10,000K.

The total cost for the 2 compacts, sockets and cables will be about $80 - $90 and then I have to install them in my hood which shouldn’t be to big of a problem.

This will then give me:

1 175 W MH 6500 or 10000K
2 26W compacts which is suppose to equal 208W
2 30W actinic

This should provide me enough light to keep everything happy anywhere in my 33G tank. Also if I increase the size of the tank to a 4’ 18” wide I would upgrade the MH to 250W and then use the compacts as a supplement.

Any big reason not to do this?

Cheers,
Patrick

[BCReefer]

Troy,

Andrew is correct, I just want to supplement my 175W MH. I have seen some tanks and I feel that my tank is not quite bright enough so I though adding the 2 compacts would make the tank look better and help the corals in the process.

I would of course time the lighting so that it is added slowly over a period of 2 weeks.

Cheers,
Patrick