Will this work?

da_freak · 06/22/2006, 07:57 PM

At the time I am running 2 pc daylight bulbs over a mixed reef, but I have a 400watt SE halid 14k setting in my closet. I was thinking of buying a spider reflector with the halid and the pcs with two atinic bulbs in my hood. As you can imagin the 2 daylight look horrid but the corals seem to need the light. The hood is only 10" high and it is a acrilic tank. I do have a chiller so water temp should be ok and two 6" fans in the canopy. So hear is the problem, would the halid crack the center brace of the tank from the uv over time? The bulb would need to be right over the center of the tank since it is a 50 gal.

Corn · 06/23/2006, 01:12 AM

it would melt the acrilic but not from the UV. the bulb has UV glass on it alredy.

06/22/2006, 07:57 PM	#1
da_freak Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 12	Will this work? At the time I am running 2 pc daylight bulbs over a mixed reef, but I have a 400watt SE halid 14k setting in my closet. I was thinking of buying a spider reflector with the halid and the pcs with two atinic bulbs in my hood. As you can imagin the 2 daylight look horrid but the corals seem to need the light. The hood is only 10" high and it is a acrilic tank. I do have a chiller so water temp should be ok and two 6" fans in the canopy. So hear is the problem, would the halid crack the center brace of the tank from the uv over time? The bulb would need to be right over the center of the tank since it is a 50 gal.

06/23/2006, 01:12 AM	#2
Corn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 510	it would melt the acrilic but not from the UV. the bulb has UV glass on it alredy.