calvo15290
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I have a 150 watt mh light over my 75 it's 3foot wide /25tall/and 18 front to back will it be good
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Is the MH a single pendant?
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calvo15290
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It's a single light with 2 t5
that's when it was first on
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yeah I would think to push light down 25 inches you may want to bump up to a 250w with good reflector if you pan to keep more light demanding corals. good reflectors are key when pushing the light down deep
Here's what I did for my 90g.
First I set it up with a single reef breeder dimmable led: it worked great for Lps and supported a flowerpot by itself in the outer realm of its illuminated area which was 4 inches from the right side of te tank. I wanted my zoos to be happy anywhere I put them though. I tossed on a 150w halide I made for something else and that works great paired up. Plus it is only a total of 270 watts, which is much less than using all halides. On my old 75 I used 1x400w bulb and that was expensive to run!
Right now I replaced the 150w with a 4x55w pc fixture as an experiment. I'll let you know if that does any good as well.
"Live like tomorrow already happened. Yesterday is only 3 days ahead. Today will be here soon."
First I set it up with a single reef breeder dimmable led: it worked great for Lps and supported a flowerpot by itself in the outer realm of its illuminated area which was 4 inches from the right side of te tank. I wanted my zoos to be happy anywhere I put them though. I tossed on a 150w halide I made for something else and that works great paired up. Plus it is only a total of 270 watts, which is much less than using all halides. On my old 75 I used 1x400w bulb and that was expensive to run!
Right now I replaced the 150w with a 4x55w pc fixture as an experiment. I'll let you know if that does any good as well.
"Live like tomorrow already happened. Yesterday is only 3 days ahead. Today will be here soon."
