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01-01-2008, 02:40 PM
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 coral flats lighting hey guys i have a question on compatibility. Im planning a 120 gallon reef flat. with alot of hard corals. my lighting is going to be pendant metal halides. im planning on 2 250 watt fixtures and depending on light coverage maybe 3. im thinkin two of these fixtures Sunlight Supply Lumen Max 3 250W Double Ended HQI Reflector (Saltwater Aquarium Supplies > Lighting > Fixtures > Metal Halide > Pendants > Double Ended MH ) and this ballast to run the fixtures. Sunlight Supply Galaxy Dual 250W Electronic Ballast (Saltwater Aquarium Supplies > Lighting > Accessories > Ballasts > Metal Halide > 250 Watt ) im new to the metal halide lighting and i just wanted to make sure this ballast would work for these lights and that its a good ballast and wont burn out bulbs after a week lol.
__________________ 65 gallon reef 3 maroon dartfish 1 clown goby 1 duskie jawfish 1 bubble tip anemone 2 tank raised clown fish 3 sets of assorted mushrooms 1 devils finger leather 100 lbs LR 80 lbs of LS 192 watt power compact 42 watt t-5  |
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01-05-2008, 07:57 PM
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| Re: coral flats lighting anybody have an idea
__________________ 65 gallon reef 3 maroon dartfish 1 clown goby 1 duskie jawfish 1 bubble tip anemone 2 tank raised clown fish 3 sets of assorted mushrooms 1 devils finger leather 100 lbs LR 80 lbs of LS 192 watt power compact 42 watt t-5 |
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01-06-2008, 01:35 AM
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| Re: coral flats lighting When you get it set up please post some pics that sounds really, really cool.I would also be interested in how you would go about setting it up.I would like to see the difference between a flat(which I've never seen)and say a Reef or FOWLR set up. Last edited by Adam J; 01-06-2008 at 01:40 AM. |
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01-10-2008, 02:07 AM
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| Re: coral flats lighting Its actually going to be pretty sweet i hope lol. the tank dimensions are 48x36x16. Its not tall at all and is not going to have much for tall walls of rock or tall coral. Going to have a lot of sang, and some small piles of rocks with some mushrooms and leathers in the low light areas and in the high light areas some large brains, hammers, candycanes and maybe some acropora depending on how i feel lol. the fish stock is going to be low with a radiant wrasse, couple of clowns and some gobies. most likely purple firefish for sure and some other species of clowns. The filtration system is going to be the full length over flow, cant remember the name of it, and a 50 gallon sump/refugium below. the inputs are gonig to be powered by two return pumps, not sure on size, and about 6 - 8 lockline nozzels. its a plan in progress and wont be ready for a while, but when and if i get the tank thats pretty much what you can expect. im hoping it will turn out as good as im thinkin, im just not sure because of how shallow its going to be. neways thanks for the input and i will deff get some pics on here when i get it figured out and somewhat close to completion.
__________________ 65 gallon reef 3 maroon dartfish 1 clown goby 1 duskie jawfish 1 bubble tip anemone 2 tank raised clown fish 3 sets of assorted mushrooms 1 devils finger leather 100 lbs LR 80 lbs of LS 192 watt power compact 42 watt t-5 |
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01-10-2008, 02:55 AM
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| Re: coral flats lighting You should check out Marine Fish and Reef 2008 Annual.It's got a great article on sea grass set ups. |
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01-10-2008, 11:22 AM
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| Re: coral flats lighting i remember seeing it at our book store but didnt get a chance to read it, i will have to go back and do that.
__________________ 65 gallon reef 3 maroon dartfish 1 clown goby 1 duskie jawfish 1 bubble tip anemone 2 tank raised clown fish 3 sets of assorted mushrooms 1 devils finger leather 100 lbs LR 80 lbs of LS 192 watt power compact 42 watt t-5 |
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01-10-2008, 11:44 AM
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| Re: coral flats lighting If you can't find it let me know.I've got a copy your welcome to have. |
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01-10-2008, 11:17 PM
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| Re: coral flats lighting ill let you know what i find. i would like to get some sea grass if i can find it anywhere lol. its hard to keep i think but we'll see.
__________________ 65 gallon reef 3 maroon dartfish 1 clown goby 1 duskie jawfish 1 bubble tip anemone 2 tank raised clown fish 3 sets of assorted mushrooms 1 devils finger leather 100 lbs LR 80 lbs of LS 192 watt power compact 42 watt t-5 |
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01-11-2008, 12:17 AM
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| Re: coral flats lighting You also need to check out <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="keywords" content="red algae, brown algae, nutrient control, clean-up crew, livesand, live sand, mangrove, ecosystem, mineral mud, miricle mud,saltwater pla if you already haven't.I'm going to order some mermaids wine glass when they come back in season. Last edited by Adam J; 01-11-2008 at 12:19 AM. |
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