I wouldn't, though I am not ron. I had 4 VHO's over my tank (70 gallon) and
thought it was good. If you have the Ice cap 660, you may as well run 4, if
you think it's too much, re-wire it for 3 or 2 bulbs.
The key is knowing your corals and where to place them.
Derek
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> Ron, would you say that 440 watts of VHO lighting over a 75 is too much?
> It works out to be 5.86 watts per gallon.
>
> Thanxs for your time
> Erich
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> Ron Hunsicker
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> 4' VHO bulbs are 110watts each.2 VHO and 2-40W would be 300 watts.That
> would be 4.3 watts per gal.Plenty for any coral.
>
>
>
> At 08:43 PM 1/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hey Ron!
> > So for a standard 75 gallon, you would reccommend 4 VHO 55 watts
each?
> >2 White and 2 Actinic?
> > I was thinking about an Ice Cap retrofit kit.
> > TIA! JJ:)
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ron Hunsicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 7:28 PM
> >Subject: Re: VHO and PC
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> >
> >>
> >>When I moved my 2-265 gal.tanks into 715 I had PC's on it.20 of
> them.Corals
> >>I'd had for 8-10 yrs.were only 2/3 the size as they used to be after 6
> >>mos.I switched to 18 VHO and 4-40 W fluor.and 2 days later they were
back
> >>to normal.Conclusion:even PC's like MH are too intense for regular
> >>corals.sps may be able to adapt to them after turning suntanned but not
> lps
> >>or softies.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>At 10:10 AM 1/2/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>Hey Group!
> >>> Im still considering the VHO or the JBJ PCs. Gotta do some
research
> >to
> >>>see which to go with. Do any of you guys know where I can do some
> >>>compairisons of the 2 systems? Im thinking about a retro kit so that I
> >can
> >>>finally use my nice canopy, so the heat factor will play a role in
> this.
> >>> I only have one shot at this so Ive got to get it right.
> >>> TIA! JJ:)
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