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01-27-2007, 04:39 PM
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 Is this enough light? I have a 180 gallon 6' X 2' X 2' salt water tank, what I hope to be reef/fish and live corals. Basically would like to keep my options open to what goes in to the tank. I currently have 2-250watt 6500K MH, 2-150watt 6500K MH, 2-6' Super Actinic flourescents, My question is; Do I need more light and at what spectrum? how much protection do the lights need from the H2O? I am building the hood in so I can dictate the protection level. Great site thank you all for the feedback on previous questions.  |
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01-28-2007, 11:18 AM
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| First that is a really nice sized tank! You have plenty of light with what you mentioned. You can have your lights anywhere from 3"-12" away from the water, it just depends what types of corals you are getting, and how much flow you have in your tank, since it can splash up a bit and put salt creep on your lights a little. Since your tank is 24" tall, those 250w MH are great, since they have the extra umph to penetrate down to the tank. |
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