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Unread 02/07/2013, 09:22 PM   #5
zachts
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Should work just the same as your MH version. use a LED unit that provides the nessesary par for a tank of your depth and just move it along so that each 1ft of your tank gets the same photoperiod of overhead light. same concept as the big coral farmers are using. Only they are moving the light from one end of a building to the other over 24hours and then repeating to give 6-8or so hour photoperiod to each small section ofthe setup using only 1 light instead of dozens...........

One could use a single radeon to light a 12ft long tank by moving it allong over the course of a very long day to give every thing a 6-8 hour photoperiod below the light........ Vs using 6 or more radeons for the same thank.......aesthetically that wouldn't work real well and you'd need some supplemental lighting for display purposes to light the whole tank but the heavey lifting could be accomplished by a single moving fixture.


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