HQI info please????

cashman95 · 02/17/2007, 03:07 PM

I have searched, but did not find......

I am about to do a Metal Halide HQI setup and would like some opinions on wattage. I have a 75 gallon tank and plan on keeping SPS at the top and Softies at the bottom.

Should I do 2 150w Hqi's 14,000 Pheonix OR
2 250w Hqi's 14,000 Pheonix?

I will also be supplementing with 2 T-5 HO's/Icecap Reflectors. Dont know what bulbs yet. Could do some 10,000k for about 4 hours a day just to get more growth.?.?.

I am looking for good growth, but not have to have a chiller....WHAT ARE RC'S Thoughts????

Help me decide!

Thanks For the help!

GSMguy · 02/17/2007, 03:38 PM

all t5 will hook u up with lots of par low watts and low heat

cashman95 · 02/17/2007, 09:36 PM

Anyone else????

cashman95 · 02/18/2007, 08:26 AM

NEED SOME HELP HERE!!!!

miatawnt2b · 02/18/2007, 10:20 AM

for a 75, I'd go with the 150's.
-J

cashman95 · 02/18/2007, 11:12 AM

Thanks

cashman95 · 02/18/2007, 04:02 PM

is 2-150's enough output for good growth of SPS!?

GSMguy · 02/18/2007, 04:03 PM

not in my opinion you could get better growth from 250s or a t5

USC-fan · 02/18/2007, 06:16 PM

i'll going with 2x 250s in my 65gal. How deep is your tank? If its 24" like mine i would also go with the 250s.

Also its really doesn't cost that more for the 250s.

GSMguy · 02/18/2007, 06:18 PM

mine is 18 inches deep and i have the 250s

cashman95 · 02/18/2007, 06:52 PM

Mine is only 18" deep from the top to the sandbed.

GSMguy · 02/18/2007, 06:55 PM

mine is 16 from the sandbed

Ralph ATL · 02/18/2007, 08:08 PM

20 inches or less, 150's are fine. That's from Borneman, Bob Fenner, Ninong, Mike "the light God", Marine Depot, & many reefers. I have 2 x 150's and have had great results.

miatawnt2b · 02/19/2007, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mysterybox
20 inches or less, 150's are fine. That's from Borneman, Bob Fenner, Ninong, Mike "the light God", Marine Depot, & many reefers. I have 2 x 150's and have had great results.

Yep. 150's unless you plan to upgrade to a deeper tank.

-J

Tennsquire · 02/19/2007, 08:46 AM

I run dual 250 watt HQIs over my 75 reef, with VHO actinics to supplement. I figured for the small price difference, I'd rather have a little too much light versus (possibly) not enough for some species. You can always move pieces down in your tank.

GSMguy · 02/19/2007, 09:09 AM

i paid ten dollars more for 250s than i would have paid for 150s
allows me to run a 20k and still get great growth

miatawnt2b · 02/19/2007, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GSMguy
i paid ten dollars more for 250s than i would have paid for 150s
allows me to run a 20k and still get great growth

That's a good point, but couldn't you run 2x150 and 2x54W T5HO actinics, and get the same effect for 100 less watts/less heat?

I've never seen a 20K bulb (I am very interested in them except for the crappy par) So i don't even know if my idea would give the same effect.

-J

02/17/2007, 03:07 PM	#1
cashman95 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greenville, S.C. Posts: 810	HQI info please???? I have searched, but did not find...... I am about to do a Metal Halide HQI setup and would like some opinions on wattage. I have a 75 gallon tank and plan on keeping SPS at the top and Softies at the bottom. Should I do 2 150w Hqi's 14,000 Pheonix OR 2 250w Hqi's 14,000 Pheonix? I will also be supplementing with 2 T-5 HO's/Icecap Reflectors. Dont know what bulbs yet. Could do some 10,000k for about 4 hours a day just to get more growth.?.?. I am looking for good growth, but not have to have a chiller....WHAT ARE RC'S Thoughts???? Help me decide! Thanks For the help!

02/17/2007, 03:38 PM	#2
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	all t5 will hook u up with lots of par low watts and low heat __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

02/17/2007, 09:36 PM	#3
cashman95 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greenville, S.C. Posts: 810	Anyone else???? __________________ SPS Tank with sump in the garage, 400watt Radium/Lumatek ballast,ReefKeeper2 controlling it all!! VHO actinics in the works! Current Tank Info: 24x24x20 Rimless Cube

02/18/2007, 08:26 AM	#4
cashman95 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greenville, S.C. Posts: 810	NEED SOME HELP HERE!!!! __________________ SPS Tank with sump in the garage, 400watt Radium/Lumatek ballast,ReefKeeper2 controlling it all!! VHO actinics in the works! Current Tank Info: 24x24x20 Rimless Cube

02/18/2007, 10:20 AM	#5
miatawnt2b Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,467	for a 75, I'd go with the 150's. -J __________________ Proud member of the JTCCB (jebao tuners club for cheap bastards)

02/18/2007, 11:12 AM	#6
cashman95 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greenville, S.C. Posts: 810	Thanks __________________ SPS Tank with sump in the garage, 400watt Radium/Lumatek ballast,ReefKeeper2 controlling it all!! VHO actinics in the works! Current Tank Info: 24x24x20 Rimless Cube

02/18/2007, 04:02 PM	#7
cashman95 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greenville, S.C. Posts: 810	is 2-150's enough output for good growth of SPS!? __________________ SPS Tank with sump in the garage, 400watt Radium/Lumatek ballast,ReefKeeper2 controlling it all!! VHO actinics in the works! Current Tank Info: 24x24x20 Rimless Cube

02/18/2007, 04:03 PM	#8
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	not in my opinion you could get better growth from 250s or a t5 __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

02/18/2007, 06:16 PM	#9
USC-fan Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,626	i'll going with 2x 250s in my 65gal. How deep is your tank? If its 24" like mine i would also go with the 250s. Also its really doesn't cost that more for the 250s.

02/18/2007, 06:18 PM	#10
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	mine is 18 inches deep and i have the 250s __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

02/18/2007, 06:52 PM	#11
cashman95 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greenville, S.C. Posts: 810	Mine is only 18" deep from the top to the sandbed. __________________ SPS Tank with sump in the garage, 400watt Radium/Lumatek ballast,ReefKeeper2 controlling it all!! VHO actinics in the works! Current Tank Info: 24x24x20 Rimless Cube

02/18/2007, 06:55 PM	#12
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	mine is 16 from the sandbed __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

02/18/2007, 08:08 PM	#13
Ralph ATL Formerly mysterybox Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Flowery Branch, GA (North ATL) Posts: 1,842	20 inches or less, 150's are fine. That's from Borneman, Bob Fenner, Ninong, Mike "the light God", Marine Depot, & many reefers. I have 2 x 150's and have had great results. __________________ Ralph Scheriff

02/19/2007, 08:46 AM	#15
Tennsquire Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,399	I run dual 250 watt HQIs over my 75 reef, with VHO actinics to supplement. I figured for the small price difference, I'd rather have a little too much light versus (possibly) not enough for some species. You can always move pieces down in your tank. __________________ Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile.... Current Tank Info: 75 reef (2x 250 ReefOptix IIIs, AB 10k bulbs w/ 330 watt VHO, EuroReef RC135 skimmer, multicontrolled Tunze 6095's X2); 40 sps prop tank (Outer Orbit Pro 150, Euroreef CS6-1+ skimmer); 20 softie prop tank

02/19/2007, 09:09 AM	#16
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	i paid ten dollars more for 250s than i would have paid for 150s allows me to run a 20k and still get great growth __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.