Johara.
I am not really the ideal person to give you an advise in reef cause I am
just starting in it, but for what I red it seems to me than it will be to
much light if you place two 250 + the actinics. If your tank is doing well
till now, WHY CHANGE IT???
IMO.
Walter
> Hope I'm not opening up a flame-prone thread here, but I do have a
lighting
> question. I currently have a 55G reef (mixed stony, soft, few SPS, and up
> til yesterday a beautiful crocea). Lighting is 2 175W 10K pendant halides
> and 2 40W NO actinics. My partner has declared the pendants/wires way too
> ugly for the living room and suggested we spend the money on a nicer
looking
> lighting system. Who am I to complain? I would like to keep more SPS and
> clams and wonder about upgrading the halides to 250W in a hanging canopy
> versus going the VHO or power compact route. Adding to the decision, I
live
> in California complete with skyrocketing electric bills. I've heard
> contradictory opinions about which lighting uses the least power. Seems
> like most commonly I hear that fluorescents use less than halides but are
> significantly more expensive for bulb replacement. I've paid less
attention
> in the past as I was content with my system. I know there are strong
> feelings out there about what is best for various corals- please be as
> specific as you can in recommending brands/watts etc. Also I've gotten by
> without a fan so far, if I would need one with a new system, are there any
> that are quieter than others? The tank is next to where we sit and watch
> tv, a loud fan could be pretty annoying. (Actually the rest of the family
> watches tv and I watch the tank.) Could those of you doing well with
mixed
> reefs please chime in with your lighting experiences? TIA,
>
> Johara
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> > Yeah, busy day on the list, I'm usually just a "cellar dweller", ya know
?
> > There are other corals that could be "exporting", who knows ?
> > As far as that skimmer goes, can you believe this, I got that skimmer
> with a
> > GRI 1520 pump for $350 ! I couldn't believe it two years ago, when I
saw
> the
> > ad in the paper, I thought, "this has to be a misprint". I called, and,
NO
> > SHIT , the guy had two of 'em, didn't need the one so let it go for the
> price
> > of the PUMP ALONE ! (must be nice to filthy rich, huh ?) anyway,
that's
> my
> > "score of a lifetime" .
> > Tom
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> > Subject: skimmer question
> > From: "Ben Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 21:49:20 -0500
> >
> > I built a homemade skimmer earlier this year that was doing a pretty
good
> > job of pulling junk out of the water. But recently I did an overhaul on
> my
> > system (took out a 55 gal tank with a deep sand bed that was linked to
my
> > 125 and bought a 100 gal rubbermaid stock tank and added a 20 gal
refugium
> > with a light dusting of sand and calurpa) Anyhow when i did this I
added
> > about a 100 gallons of fresh made water. Since then the skimmer is
> pulling
> > very little. The skimmers riser tube is 2 in pvc and i was thinking
that
> > now with less to pull out of the tank after the big water change that 2
> > incheds is too wide and any foam is breaking down in the tube. The
riser
> > is coated in a thick green slime within 2 or 3 days after cleaning it
but
> > very little is getting into the collection cup. I was thinking of
trying
> to
> > cut the riser down to 1 & 1/2 or even 1 inch pvc. does anyone have any
> > ideas about this or am I wasting the effort to un hook the skimmer and
cut
> > and re-glue the thing. I just don't want to have a build up of
nutrients
> > before it starts pulling out gunk again.
> >
> > thanks
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
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