So I’ve been trying to figure out how to hang one of these over my reef. Do you guys have any suggestions? My ceiling is very height probably 20 feet. I have a rimless 80 gallon no canopy with a square tubing frame.
Ceramic metal halides
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Get a better fixture than that, get a Hamilton pendant. Like a cozumel sun with a remote ballast, also figure out what bulb you want to run and choose the ballast based on bulb.
with halides the correct ballast+bulb combo is key
with halides the correct ballast+bulb combo is key
You will want the ballast away from the tank and to hang a lighter fixture.
The best thing to do is to weld up a way to hang the fixture and coat it to match your tube stand. I just made a few arms out of angle iron and coated them with flat rustoleum and then used a wire hanging kit that you can get nearly anywhere.
The best thing to do is to weld up a way to hang the fixture and coat it to match your tube stand. I just made a few arms out of angle iron and coated them with flat rustoleum and then used a wire hanging kit that you can get nearly anywhere.
I’m working on trying one of these as an experiment myself. I’m gonna put it over a frag tank. I found a bulb with a higher spectrum to try.
I am going try making a hybrid setup with it and Add 2 T5’s, a giesemann super actinic, and a super purple. They should fill in a lot more of the blue spectrum. If it works it works I’ll get a better ballast. If not then the cmh will go to the room i winter my Houseplants in.
I am going try making a hybrid setup with it and Add 2 T5’s, a giesemann super actinic, and a super purple. They should fill in a lot more of the blue spectrum. If it works it works I’ll get a better ballast. If not then the cmh will go to the room i winter my Houseplants in.
The 315W 10000K lamps actually have quartz glass arc tubes. The same as standard 10000K Metal halide aquarium lamps.
The ceramic halide lamps are typically incompatible with with high kelvin additives added to the arc tube. The seals can fail prematurely. Also there is not much gain in performance versus regular quartz glass when going above 6500K.
The 4000-4500K ceramic halides do provide a full spectrum light but it is very yellow looking over an aquarium.
The ceramic halide lamps are typically incompatible with with high kelvin additives added to the arc tube. The seals can fail prematurely. Also there is not much gain in performance versus regular quartz glass when going above 6500K.
The 4000-4500K ceramic halides do provide a full spectrum light but it is very yellow looking over an aquarium.
Wow awesome it seems very promising.I’m working on trying one of these as an experiment myself. I’m gonna put it over a frag tank. I found a bulb with a higher spectrum to try.
I am going try making a hybrid setup with it and Add 2 T5’s, a giesemann super actinic, and a super purple. They should fill in a lot more of the blue spectrum. If it works it works I’ll get a better ballast. If not then the cmh will go to the room i winter my Houseplants in.
