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11-06-2010, 06:41 AM
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zoa lighting
formal hello: "hello, my name is eddie...and im addicted to reefing"
first question: setting up my 2nd reef tank now, 10 gal. i want to do a mainly zoa tank with the odd "something different". curious to know if i can safely upgrade my lights from 36w PC to a 150w MH w/dual t5actinics? too much light for such a little tank and zoas? 
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11-06-2010, 11:35 AM
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That is a very drastic change but a good one for the zoanthids as they tend to be dull and brownish under PC.
for the zoanthids, I would use a 20,000k lighting and put a lot of shading at the begining and put them at the bottom. Shading can be some screening or a few layers of egg crate. You will see if the zoanthids get very close to their base they have too much light. If they start to get long foot then they are missing a bit of light. If you light shock them chances are they will melt. Quote:
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11-06-2010, 02:40 PM
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Wow.... 150 W Halide on a ten gallon. You are going to have so much evaporation and heat its gonna drive you nuts. I was running a ten gallon (that I just shut down) and I only had a 96 watt PC on it and that was hard to control the heat. Let alone I was adding upwards of 2 liters of water a day. In a small tank evaporation is much more obvious and in turn your salinity will be hard to maintain.
IMO not a good idea on such a small tank. Upgrade your tank ha ha!
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11-06-2010, 03:14 PM
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I think the 150 MH could work so long as it's not sitting at the surface. Give it some distance above the tank.
Did I read right and see you wanted dual T5's along with it? I'm not sure you would even be able to position that all above the tank, and you'd have a lot of light spill effectively making the T5's not very useful.
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11-06-2010, 03:18 PM
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By raising that halide... you are going to get light spill either way. What height are you recommending?
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