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12/08/1999, 10:39 AM
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I plan on having a refugium on the back of my 60 (24 x 24 x 24)gallon tank. The refugium measures 6" wide x 15" along the back of the tank edge and 18" deep (7 gallons). I wanted to put some types of macro algae qith live sand and a few pieces of live rock. I was thinking about PCs for lighting. Hamilton Tech makes a mini system that measures 6" x 15" long and is 56 watts. I would have this light on opposite the main tank. I wanted to know what members opinions were on: 1. If this is enough wattage for macro algae to thrive, 2. Would MH be more appropriate, 3. Is this just a hair brained idea.
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12/08/1999, 10:47 AM
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That should be plenty of light. In fact, I've inquired about the same thing lately and most people seem to be just using a 60 or 75 watt incandescant light with a GE grow light from Walmart or wherever.
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12/08/1999, 10:59 AM
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Do you think it should shine down, therefore trying to reach the 18"bottom or should I shine it through the side? Maybe it just doesn't matter.
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12/08/1999, 12:22 PM
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i'm one of those that's been using a 75W incandescent flood light in my refugium (15 gallon). it's only 4 months, but the caulerpa seems to like the light a lot and is growing like mad.
my girlfriend is using a 60 grow lamp (also incandescent) on her 5.5g refugium. it's been 8 moths and all is doing well. i'm sure a pc or mh will work very well too. but, IMHO, it's not worth the money since there will not be any corals in the refugium. ------------------ have a nice day psychocoralchopper come and visit my website: http://www.geocities.com/psychocoral...opia_main.html |
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12/08/1999, 12:42 PM
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DGB;
I have a 36"L * 18"W * 12"D refugium that I light with 2 * 20W NO florescent. I harvest at least 2 gallons of algae out of it per month. I think A 175 MH will be like swatting a fly with a cannon.  The 56 watt system sounds nice, but it sounds like overkill.I am thinking a 15W NO with a growlux tube would be good and cost effective. Or maybe a 27W PC. Just random thoughts; DougL ------------------ http://sites.netscape.net/douglxyzzy |
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12/08/1999, 07:49 PM
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DGB,
I have a 10 galllon detached refugium. I used 4 X 9watt pc fixtures in it. My caulerpa grows great in it. I also use this tank for coral cutting grow-out. The 9watt fixtures are really cheap and 5500k daylight bulbs can be had at any Home Depot fo $4.00 a piece. Two of the bulbs are actintic. The light penitrates very well to the bottom of the tank and the bulbs don't create much heat. Your refugium is a little deeper than my tank. Their compact profile also makes them easy to mount. Just my .02 Nemo |
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12/08/1999, 11:16 PM
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Shining through the side may work but you would be better off shining the light from the top down. You'll get better coverage of the whole tank that way.
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