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07/01/2010, 05:32 PM
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HQI + t5 HELP ASK'D ONCE ALREAADY NO REPLY'S
Hello everyone been a while since I;ve been to site have a question, I just bought a 150 watt HQI+T5 UNIT t5's are 14 watt actinic. my question is how high should i have them from a ten gallon tank. Advice would be appreciated. right now i have in tank about 70 lbs of live rock some grEen button polyps and blue leg crabs. water used is r/o only. 1.023 temp 78 calc up near 425ppm etc...
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07/01/2010, 06:39 PM
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150w metal halide over a 10 gallon tank? Do you have that thing on a chiller? That's massive overkill for that. And I've gotta ask how you fit 70lbs of live rock in a 10g tank..........that's a lot of rock!
Hang it at least 10-12" off the surface of the water.
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07/01/2010, 10:23 PM
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LMAO, 70lbs in a 10G? How much water do you have? I'd say you've got at least a 1/2 gallon worth's in there somewhere. Was the idea a tide-pool biotope? Okay so for distance. I had a 250 Outer Orbit over my 10G while I was waiting to put it elsewhere. I had it 18" above the tank and a fan on the tank whenever it was on and it was okay. Too much light, for sure, but it wasn't awful.
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07/08/2010, 07:46 PM
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in reply i have mostly small pcs of rock maybe 3 pcs are about 10- 15 lbs each. all fiji. here is pic of tank. The lights are about 18" above tank. thanks for your input. I also have LEDS that i had on 1 was only 8" long 460nm and the other was 18" long and 12000k but didnt get much shimmering from it. may go back to LED when i can afford a whole unit.
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07/08/2010, 07:48 PM
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thanks for your input.in reply i have mostly small pcs of rock maybe 3 pcs are about 10- 15 lbs each. all fiji. here is pic of tank. The lights are about 18" above tank. thanks for your input. I also have LEDS that i had on 1 was only 8" long 460nm and the other was 18" long and 12000k but didnt get much shimmering from it. may go back to LED when i can afford a whole unit.
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07/09/2010, 01:54 PM
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Heck, I'd scrap the MH all together and run on the T5's. Two T5HOs (swapping one for full spectrum of course) is plenty over a 10 for your buttons - and definitely many softies, etc. so long as you lower the fixture.
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