Shane,
The way you have them now, covering the length of the tank sounds best to
me. What type of reflector setup are you using? Could you use something
like the spider to help focus/disperse the light with your current setup and
not get in the way of the VHO's? I'm using a PFO 24" parallel reflector
with one MH and two VHO's. The curve in the reflector does a nice job of
spreading the MH light over the entire tank.
-Mike
>From: Shane Clays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: MH Light Positioning
>Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:22:53 -0700
>
>All,
>I currently have 2 175 watt MHs and 4 VHO bulbs on my 70 gallon tank. I
>have
>2 VHOS in front, then the 2 MHs in the middle then 2 more VHOS in the back.
>The 70 gallon tank is 36" long and 24" front to back (pretty cubed, sort of
>a strange shape). Right now, my MHS are positioned left to right. Another
>words, the light on the right is mounted so that the mogul faces left
>middle, and the tip of the bulb faces the right hand side of the tank. The
>left is the same, only opposite. The goal behind mounting the bulbs like
>this was to have enough light front to back.
>
>My question is, is this the best way to mount the MHS with a tank of this
>shape? I have noticed that the light on the sides is not real intense, and
>I
>could fix that by switching the MHs so the face front to back, but am
>afraid
>I will loose intensity front to back. One thing is that I have my LPS in
>the
>front bottom, and they are getting a little too much light, so switching
>the
>bulbs front to back and putting the moguls above the LPS may help with
>that,
>but will I just be pouring light out the sides of the tank??
>
>Thoughts anyone??
>
>
>TIA
>Shane C.
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