Pics of your TEK light tank

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 06:45 AM

Hi people,

I'm thinking of ditching the idea of metal halides and going with an 8 bulb 48" tek light instead on my 90 gallon.

Does anyone want to post up some pics of what it looks like over your tank? It would be greatly appreciated. Also, do you use it with a glass cover over the tank or just wide open and why.

I have built 2 different canopys for my tank already so I want to make sure I am making the right choice before I decided to go without.

Thank you very much!

old salty · 05/15/2006, 07:56 AM

I don't have an 8 bulb unit, but I run with the acrylic shield on the fixture and no glass tops. I want water to evaporate and the glass will accumulate moisture which diminishes the amount of light entering the tank.

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 08:21 AM

That's what I was thinking. I guess I will not be able to keep certain fish that require a tigt fitting lid.

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 08:22 AM

post # 100 !!!!! YAY!!!

Creade · 05/15/2006, 08:27 AM

I like my 8 bulb tek light, but I prefer Halides.

The tek light now hangs over my 50 gallon Refugium/Frag Growout setup.

Its open top.

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Creade
I like my 8 bulb tek light, but I prefer Halides.

The tek light now hangs over my 50 gallon Refugium/Frag Growout setup.

Its open top.

What makes you like the halides better? Is it b/c of the shimmer effect?

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 10:02 AM

The good thing also about halides is that I can still use them if/when I decide to upgrade.

Ti · 05/15/2006, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Waxxiemann
post # 100 !!!!! YAY!!!

Congratulations!
I have a ppic somewhere, I'l llook for it

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 10:44 AM

^^^ thanks!

Creade · 05/15/2006, 10:58 AM

I like the shimmer, the growth, and the coloration of the Halides.

I didnt run the tek light more than a few months, maybe I would have gotten used to it.

Waxxiemann · 05/15/2006, 08:31 PM

No pics yet? That's suprising; it seems that many of you own the SLS Tek light .... Lets see 'em !

chadfarmer · 05/15/2006, 08:51 PM

i went from 250w metal halide to a 6 bulb tek and every sps under the halide is fine everything not is bleached or died from the light

i wont go back to halides the light is in the tank not everywere else

Ti · 05/15/2006, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Waxxiemann
^^^ thanks!

Now you have 106. :thummbsup:

j_beau_13 · 05/16/2006, 01:27 PM

Ti, where have i seen those white alien things?? i can't figure it out and its driving me nuts

TheVillageIdiot · 05/16/2006, 01:28 PM

LOL, yeah, i've seen those guys before but can't pin point it either...

s3aL · 05/16/2006, 02:36 PM

Hmmm by reading the Thread title " Pics of your TEK light tank" I thought I would see some T5 pics in here *Hint* *Hint*

Waxxiemann · 05/16/2006, 02:57 PM

^ What he said!

Waxxiemann · 05/16/2006, 02:59 PM

Oh, the aliens are from Princess Mononoke! They are the forest spirits.

j_beau_13 · 05/16/2006, 03:25 PM

oh yea...now i remember....now lets see some tek fixtures like everybody else said!!

hahnmeister · 05/17/2006, 01:54 AM

Thats my 40B with 6x39wattT5s. I use 2xblue+, 2xactinic+, 2x aquablue/11,000K. It looks very much like my 250watt pheonix bulb in spectrum, but much brighter. Much, much brighter.

So far, so good. I have frags of various color millis, blue tort, purple digi, a galaxea, torch, sun polyps, GSP (seems to be getting too much light though), neon green palythoa, bubble coral, xenia, encrusting porites, hydnopora, and various shrooms (hairy green, purple, metallic green). Everything is doing great, and the algae that came with the rock (2nd hand fiji rock that was covered with algaes) is going away thanks to the yellow tang.

Once the chemistry evens out, I will add all the really cool frags.

bjonesjr1 · 05/17/2006, 02:07 AM

hahnmeister · 05/17/2006, 11:41 AM

Hmmmm. Thats weird...can someone correct that for me?

http://www.nano-reef.com/gallery/sho...4&limit=recent

It was working yesterday...

NewSchool04 · 05/17/2006, 03:41 PM

This is a pic of my 6 bulb Tek light on my 75 gallon. Same width as your 90.

sales weasel · 05/17/2006, 04:25 PM

OK, here's a link to a beautiful tank in Switzerland. I have a 4-light TEK over my 55g but it just doesn't compare to this:
http://www.reefland.com/rho/0106/feature8.php

Waxxiemann · 05/17/2006, 04:33 PM

That tank is what made my all hot for T5's in the first place. There are just so many good things about T5's and the TEK lights in particular that make me want to forget all about MH.

It is still up in the air as of right now; I am running 2 HO 54 watts T5's on my 90 right now (nothing in it but a little rock) and it is nice and bright.

Keep the pics coming!

05/15/2006, 06:45 AM	#1
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	Pics of your TEK light tank Hi people, I'm thinking of ditching the idea of metal halides and going with an 8 bulb 48" tek light instead on my 90 gallon. Does anyone want to post up some pics of what it looks like over your tank? It would be greatly appreciated. Also, do you use it with a glass cover over the tank or just wide open and why. I have built 2 different canopys for my tank already so I want to make sure I am making the right choice before I decided to go without. Thank you very much! __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/15/2006, 07:56 AM	#2
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	I don't have an 8 bulb unit, but I run with the acrylic shield on the fixture and no glass tops. I want water to evaporate and the glass will accumulate moisture which diminishes the amount of light entering the tank. __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

05/15/2006, 08:21 AM	#3
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	That's what I was thinking. I guess I will not be able to keep certain fish that require a tigt fitting lid. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/15/2006, 08:22 AM	#4
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	post # 100 !!!!! YAY!!! __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/15/2006, 10:02 AM	#7
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	The good thing also about halides is that I can still use them if/when I decide to upgrade. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/15/2006, 08:27 AM	#5
Creade Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin Posts: 1,186	I like my 8 bulb tek light, but I prefer Halides. The tek light now hangs over my 50 gallon Refugium/Frag Growout setup. Its open top.

05/15/2006, 10:44 AM	#9
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	^^^ thanks! __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/15/2006, 10:58 AM	#10
Creade Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin Posts: 1,186	I like the shimmer, the growth, and the coloration of the Halides. I didnt run the tek light more than a few months, maybe I would have gotten used to it.

05/15/2006, 08:31 PM	#11
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	No pics yet? That's suprising; it seems that many of you own the SLS Tek light .... Lets see 'em ! __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/15/2006, 08:51 PM	#12
chadfarmer Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ST Charles, MO far from nanook Posts: 11,045 Blog Entries: 1	i went from 250w metal halide to a 6 bulb tek and every sps under the halide is fine everything not is bleached or died from the light i wont go back to halides the light is in the tank not everywere else __________________ If you think you know the answer than ask 3 more people the question Current Tank Info: 200 Gal RR,ATB medium, 4 AI blue sol,230 LBS LIVE ROCK, no sand , 40 GAL sump, airstar1800, 3 tunze 6105 1- 6205 1-6305, Geo 818, profilux3ex with toys

05/16/2006, 01:27 PM	#14
j_beau_13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: N Carolina Posts: 465	Ti, where have i seen those white alien things?? i can't figure it out and its driving me nuts

05/16/2006, 01:28 PM	#15
TheVillageIdiot Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Woodstock, GA Posts: 894	LOL, yeah, i've seen those guys before but can't pin point it either... __________________ Click my little red house! Current Tank Info: 65g Anemone Tank

05/16/2006, 02:36 PM	#16
s3aL Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fairfield, California Posts: 847	Hmmm by reading the Thread title " Pics of your TEK light tank" I thought I would see some T5 pics in here Hint Hint __________________ 58g oceanic (36x18x21) 36" Aquatinics 2x175w MH 2x39w T5 Deltec MCE600 3x Koralia 3's Litermeter3 Dual stage Ranco controller Matt

05/16/2006, 02:57 PM	#17
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	^ What he said! __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/16/2006, 02:59 PM	#18
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	Oh, the aliens are from Princess Mononoke! They are the forest spirits. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

05/16/2006, 03:25 PM	#19
j_beau_13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: N Carolina Posts: 465	oh yea...now i remember....now lets see some tek fixtures like everybody else said!!

05/17/2006, 01:54 AM	#20
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	Thats my 40B with 6x39wattT5s. I use 2xblue+, 2xactinic+, 2x aquablue/11,000K. It looks very much like my 250watt pheonix bulb in spectrum, but much brighter. Much, much brighter. So far, so good. I have frags of various color millis, blue tort, purple digi, a galaxea, torch, sun polyps, GSP (seems to be getting too much light though), neon green palythoa, bubble coral, xenia, encrusting porites, hydnopora, and various shrooms (hairy green, purple, metallic green). Everything is doing great, and the algae that came with the rock (2nd hand fiji rock that was covered with algaes) is going away thanks to the yellow tang. Once the chemistry evens out, I will add all the really cool frags.

05/17/2006, 02:07 AM	#21
bjonesjr1 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 1,258	__________________ Bobby Current Tank Info: 75gal, LifeReef CLF1 Sump & SVS2-24 Skimmer

05/17/2006, 11:41 AM	#22
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	Hmmmm. Thats weird...can someone correct that for me? http://www.nano-reef.com/gallery/sho...4&limit=recent It was working yesterday...

05/17/2006, 03:41 PM	#23
NewSchool04 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Go Bears! Posts: 7,629	This is a pic of my 6 bulb Tek light on my 75 gallon. Same width as your 90. __________________ 180 w/ Tek 8 bulb T5 fixture 2 6105 Tunze w/ 7095 controller Tunze Wave Box

05/17/2006, 04:25 PM	#24
sales weasel Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta burbs Posts: 646	OK, here's a link to a beautiful tank in Switzerland. I have a 4-light TEK over my 55g but it just doesn't compare to this: http://www.reefland.com/rho/0106/feature8.php

05/17/2006, 04:33 PM	#25
Waxxiemann Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,364	That tank is what made my all hot for T5's in the first place. There are just so many good things about T5's and the TEK lights in particular that make me want to forget all about MH. It is still up in the air as of right now; I am running 2 HO 54 watts T5's on my 90 right now (nothing in it but a little rock) and it is nice and bright. Keep the pics coming! __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein