Salt Spray

[Reefland]

Salt spray develops on our bulbs or in my case, the glass shield in a lot of instances. How often do you clean this off? Does teh satl spray effect the intensity of the lighting to any degree?

Regards,

[scubadude]

My first reaction to this is to keep the salt spray off some how....try to eliminate the spray somehow or atleast minimize it....I clean my bulbs once every 2-3 weeks....Yes salt spray on the bulbs will affect the par immensely if it builds up IMO. You could use a shield for splash but if your serious about your par I wouldnt do that....you paid for that killer light get your moneys worth out of it. One time I let my bulbs get encrusted w/salt spray so long and forgot about it then cleaned it one nite and within a couple of days my corals started bleaching out, Im almost positive they got adjusted to the lower levels of par and then when I cleaned the bulbs it was like going from a 175w to a 400w bulb. Also make sure your bulbs are completely cooled before you clean them or else they WILL crack.

[Reefland]

That is what I thought but didn't know for sure. The glass UV shield on my pendent is getting pretty crusty and I am going to clean it, I was just wondering if I should do it more often due to the build up decreasing the light intensity.

Thanks for the insight,