Lighting advice please!!!!!

allenpantino · 05/08/2006, 08:47 PM

I have a 65 gal reef tank and was looking to upgrade my lighting with a mh corallife aqualight pro. It is 48" with 2-150w hqi and 2- 96w true blue actinics, 3 led moonlights. I plan on adding coral to the tank right now I only have 2 pieces of soft coral and 4 fish. Is this a good set up.I found one from a friend of a friend for about $400.00 its less then 1 year old. Thanks guys for your advice

allen

mg426 · 05/08/2006, 09:34 PM

I found them for $$665 brand new(on sale) regular price $$731
400 dont look to bad to me.

Recife · 05/08/2006, 09:40 PM

That's a great deal. After shipping charge you will pay an average of $700 for a new one.

davocean · 05/08/2006, 11:02 PM

That sounds good for lighting a 65, but maybe time for a bulb change.

bertoni · 05/09/2006, 12:10 AM

If I were going to spend that much money, I'd go for something that has a reflector I trust more. I went with a ReefOptix 1 and a 175 W Iwasaki bulb for a 29g and like it. The total cost was about $350 or so. No PC supplements, but a lot of light. This site has a lot of data on MH lighting:

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/

allenpantino · 05/09/2006, 12:23 AM

thanks

05/08/2006, 08:47 PM	#1
allenpantino Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 103	Lighting advice please!!!!! I have a 65 gal reef tank and was looking to upgrade my lighting with a mh corallife aqualight pro. It is 48" with 2-150w hqi and 2- 96w true blue actinics, 3 led moonlights. I plan on adding coral to the tank right now I only have 2 pieces of soft coral and 4 fish. Is this a good set up.I found one from a friend of a friend for about $400.00 its less then 1 year old. Thanks guys for your advice allen

05/08/2006, 09:34 PM	#2
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	I found them for $$665 brand new(on sale) regular price $$731 400 dont look to bad to me. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

05/08/2006, 11:02 PM	#4
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	That sounds good for lighting a 65, but maybe time for a bulb change. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

05/09/2006, 12:10 AM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	If I were going to spend that much money, I'd go for something that has a reflector I trust more. I went with a ReefOptix 1 and a 175 W Iwasaki bulb for a 29g and like it. The total cost was about $350 or so. No PC supplements, but a lot of light. This site has a lot of data on MH lighting: http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/ __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

05/08/2006, 09:40 PM	#3
Recife Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bellevue - WA Posts: 282	That's a great deal. After shipping charge you will pay an average of $700 for a new one.

05/09/2006, 12:23 AM	#6
allenpantino Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 103	thanks