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04-17-2007, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Otterburn Park, Quebec
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
Off topic, this is the first time I've seen your tank... Wow!
 That's all I can say...Your sump is bigger than my tank 
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06-05-2007, 06:14 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tacoma, WA
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
Hey Mike,
did you ever make a decsion on the type of lighting you decided to switch out to?? Curious minds wanna know!! |
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06-05-2007, 07:42 PM
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Tenant
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Greenwich, CT
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
Funny you should ask. After going through an absurd number of delays, miscues, and ****fits, the new trio of Sfiligoi Infinity Twin 2 x 400Ws were finally hung and fired up a little over a month ago...complete with ACLS ballasts. For bulbs, I decided to go with all (6) AquaConnect 14Ks.
At first, I thought they were a bit too blue but as they were new to my eye, they hadn't burned in yet, and I was utilizing the ballast's very cool 15 day new bulb ramp up setting, I was going to wait about a month before making any decisions. For those who don't know, these ballasts have a 'new bulb' setting that begins by firing the bulbs at about 75% of their total intensity then ramping them up a little bit every day until they reach full intensity in two weeks or so. Kinda like an electronic adaptation screen for new corals. Anyway, this all worked fine until about a week after the bulbs reached full capacity. Then some of the corals started to bleach; mainly the pieces uppermost on the rockwork, the Seriatoporas, and they deeper water species, even though they were already on the bottom. A few are even losing their tissue. Clearly, the change in intensity was still too much, even with all the precautions. I have therefore ramped down the lighting intensity to a constant 75% (the ballasts also allow you to permanently set whatever percentage of intensity you choose) and will give it some time there. Of course, I had almost gotten used to the color of the bulbs before I had to dial them down. Now they look too blue again.  But I guess that's better than the acros looking white. |
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06-05-2007, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Bardstown, KY
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
A blue tank is much better than white acros.
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09-20-2007, 01:39 AM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Maryland
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
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09-21-2007, 01:27 AM
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Location: Arkansas
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
Yeah this is great!
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09-24-2007, 12:04 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: new jersey
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Re: Major Lighting Upgrade. Need Some Imput
just curious what your electric bill is.......
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