anyone with a 6 bulb tek light and a 18" tall tank? (50g, 38g, etc)

nemo g · 07/15/2006, 01:35 PM

due to space restraints, i may have to go with the shorter 50g instead of the 65g.

just want to know what kind of success people have had with 6 bulbs over a 18" tall tank. anyone with clams? how are those sps? can your lps handle it?

please keep the responses specific to the post: 6 bulb tek and 18" tall tanks.

nG

Randy Holmes-Farley · 07/16/2006, 05:38 AM

This is not really a chemistry question, so I'll move it to the lighting forum.

crumbletop · 07/16/2006, 06:49 AM

Will the 6 bulb tek fit over a 12" wide tank? With the SLR reflectors a 6x54 tek retro takes up all the space in my 90. The tek hood with 6 bulbs looks like it is 15" wide. You can probably go with a 4 bulb setup max. IMO on 18" depth you'd be fine with 4x54W to grow anything you want. I don't keep clams so maybe others can comment, but I think clams would probably do fine under normally driven T5HOs at 18".

Jack

nemo g · 07/16/2006, 10:15 AM

thanks randy,

i had posted in the wrong forum, woopsie

07/15/2006, 01:35 PM	#1
nemo g Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: west side iz da best Posts: 1,039	anyone with a 6 bulb tek light and a 18" tall tank? (50g, 38g, etc) due to space restraints, i may have to go with the shorter 50g instead of the 65g. just want to know what kind of success people have had with 6 bulbs over a 18" tall tank. anyone with clams? how are those sps? can your lps handle it? please keep the responses specific to the post: 6 bulb tek and 18" tall tanks. nG

07/16/2006, 05:38 AM	#2
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 86,233	This is not really a chemistry question, so I'll move it to the lighting forum. __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef

07/16/2006, 06:49 AM	#3
crumbletop Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 4,718	Will the 6 bulb tek fit over a 12" wide tank? With the SLR reflectors a 6x54 tek retro takes up all the space in my 90. The tek hood with 6 bulbs looks like it is 15" wide. You can probably go with a 4 bulb setup max. IMO on 18" depth you'd be fine with 4x54W to grow anything you want. I don't keep clams so maybe others can comment, but I think clams would probably do fine under normally driven T5HOs at 18". Jack __________________ "Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before." - GK Chesterton Current Tank Info: 90 gallon AGA RR. 20 gal sump. 6x54W T5. AquaController Jr.

07/16/2006, 10:15 AM	#4
nemo g Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: west side iz da best Posts: 1,039	thanks randy, i had posted in the wrong forum, woopsie __________________ nG Current Tank Info: tis da bestest tank eva