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karburn · 07/13/2003, 09:58 PM

I'm not a daily user of the forums, so when I logged in yesterday I noticed your new listing. Welcome!! I thought they might post a little biographical information so we'd know what kind of questions to throw your way, but here goes. Although I read almost anything that I can get my hands on that looks credible, a lot of my questions always seem to lead back to lighting. I'm in the process of setting up a basement coral farm-factory and in my efforts to set up an individual tank for the few species that I plan to cultivate, I'm looking for some information on just how intense the light for Nepthieds should be. Specifically Dendronepthya. The opinions I have so far range widely: high, low, actinic, daylight, VHO, MH, etc. I have a lux meter to measure the relative light exposure when placing corals, but a little more insight on what might be best for the Dendro would be helpful. Thanks!

Skipper · 07/13/2003, 10:05 PM

Hey karburn. Chris is the author of a review of the recent IMAC:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-0...ture/index.htm

Here's a short bio:

http://reefkeeping.com/authors/cb.htm

Have you seen this article by Charles Delbeek?

schiller2300 · 07/14/2003, 01:49 AM

Karburn,

I think you should probably direct your question to Mike Kirda. His lecture at the IMAC convention stressed his interest in examining the types and brands of lighting that are most suitable for coral growth. However, I must thank you for your post, it got rid of the big goose egg in the number of posts column accross from my name.

07/13/2003, 09:58 PM	#1
karburn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 64	Welcome I'm not a daily user of the forums, so when I logged in yesterday I noticed your new listing. Welcome!! I thought they might post a little biographical information so we'd know what kind of questions to throw your way, but here goes. Although I read almost anything that I can get my hands on that looks credible, a lot of my questions always seem to lead back to lighting. I'm in the process of setting up a basement coral farm-factory and in my efforts to set up an individual tank for the few species that I plan to cultivate, I'm looking for some information on just how intense the light for Nepthieds should be. Specifically Dendronepthya. The opinions I have so far range widely: high, low, actinic, daylight, VHO, MH, etc. I have a lux meter to measure the relative light exposure when placing corals, but a little more insight on what might be best for the Dendro would be helpful. Thanks! __________________ The Grim Reefer Current Tank Info: too many to list - all fun!

07/13/2003, 10:05 PM	#2
Skipper Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 18,271	Hey karburn. Chris is the author of a review of the recent IMAC: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-0...ture/index.htm Here's a short bio: http://reefkeeping.com/authors/cb.htm Have you seen this article by Charles Delbeek? __________________ Skip Attix Former Editor of Reefkeeping Magazine Last edited by Skipper; 07/13/2003 at 10:10 PM.

07/14/2003, 01:49 AM	#3
schiller2300 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 258	Karburn, I think you should probably direct your question to Mike Kirda. His lecture at the IMAC convention stressed his interest in examining the types and brands of lighting that are most suitable for coral growth. However, I must thank you for your post, it got rid of the big goose egg in the number of posts column accross from my name.