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- Ventura Frag Swap ,Ventura ,CA on Dec 5th -09
More and more reef builders are faced with a situation, either get rid of their reef tank or cut down on their costs. Thankfully, most have sided with cutting down their costs associated with a reef tank versus completely removing their tank altogether. However, one of the biggest costs involved in keeping a reef aquarium is electricity. It is no wonder then that the biggest electric consumer on a reef tank would be the lighting, companies such as PFO made a living providing low electricity consuming light. Sadly, due to patent issues this is no longer an option for now. However, corals in the wild survive fine without any costly metal halides, T5s or LED lighting, they of course live off of the sun. Larger public aquariums use natural sunlight to keep their corals happy and growing and it is only a matter of time before we start seeing this spread to reef hobbyists the world over as demonstrated by one such hobbyist that took it upon themselves to get “power” from the sun. Hit the read link for the full scoop on how he did this.
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Nice idea but the problem is the color spectrum in the ocean under the sun is really quite dull. Our artificial lights show much more and better color than in the wild. I saw an article some time ago with a person installing 3 of these above his tank. Got the tank lit up but didnt look very good. He was then experimenting with supplemental lights to help the situation. Combine that with the fact the angle of the sun changes throughout the day and the seasons Im wondering how well these will work.
Simply Awesome!!!!!
Jim, I have seen this tank several times in person and believe me it works 100% with the supp actinic T-5s this tank looks phenomenal, and has great growth.