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SPS under VHO? A picture is worth a thousand words... |
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SPS under VHO? A picture is worth a thousand words... |
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03-07-2003, 06:38 PM
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Tenant
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 66
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SPS under VHO? A picture is worth a thousand words...
I took some new pictures last night of Paul Ifkovits' VHO-only Oceanic 120G.
I had originally photographed Paul's tank about six months ago- and wanted to see what the growth looked like. Paul runs 660 watts of VHO over his 120, using 2 each: AquaSun, Actinic 03, and Actinic white URI bulbs. I was blown away by the growth in this tank! His stylophora had gone from the size of a lady's fist to a 10" wide cluster. The tri-color Acropora is about to grow out of the water, and his purple Robusta is holding color very nicely. He has added a couple of SeaSwirls to eliminate the dead spots, and has a dimmer that simulates storms and sunrise/sunset on his ICECAP 660. (He has two)    Darren Walker www.PalmettoReefs.com |
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03-09-2003, 05:13 PM
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Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
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thats a sweet tank and no doubt vho's work-any light will work.
for my personal taste though-that just about the ugliest,no, it is the ugliest lighting on the best tank ive seen.  |
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03-13-2003, 05:18 AM
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Citizen
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: north bergen, nj, usa
Posts: 174
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i'm sure it's the camera. Using URI lamps don't give that lighting color. Great looking tank. i use mh now but URI's on a 66o ballast give excellent results.
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great post! bring this one up to the top. |
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03-13-2003, 06:31 AM
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Tenant
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 66
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This is three actinic whites and one actinic URI:  |
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03-13-2003, 06:35 AM
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Tenant
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 66
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Paul also runs a dimmer, which is a lot of what threw this photo-shoot off a bit. When dimmed to partial intensity, the pink and actinic look even more unreal.
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03-13-2003, 11:27 AM
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Sponsor
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: San Diego
Posts: 1,034
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That is nice Darren.
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03-13-2003, 12:00 PM
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Council
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Utica Mi.
Posts: 270
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There is no doubt that SPS can be kept under VHO's. The tank looks great! The reason I like MH's is that it looks more natural.
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03-13-2003, 12:05 PM
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Tenant
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 66
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I do, too. I have (literally) thousands of watts in halides, and only 440-watts of VHO.
I do find it interesting to check out tanks where someone has done something different, though.  .... so many ways to reef... |
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