Ok so I need some suggestions here before I dive into making changes. I have a Oceanic 144 half circle tank that is about 30” deep. I have at the moment 1- AP700 Kessil, 1- Aquatic Life 36” t5 running all 4 bulbs blue plus. Also have 2 kessil 160’s for the back corners of the curved glass for spread. Things look good and corals are happy. Been this way for about 6 years. No need to change right??
OK so dilemma time I wanted to add more pop and spread so I added a 36” Reefbrite XHO that I got a deal on a used one so I added that to the aquatic life. My tank is now loaded with led lights.
So fast forward to this week. While looking for my other tank for a couple 15” reefbrites to add to my smaller 25gal lagoon with a Kessil 360x light, I found the deal of a lifetime from a local guy not far from my house. Well last night I picked up the following
4- Reefbrites 250w MH with new 20k bulbs and each fixture has 2- 15” Reefbrites XHO on the pendant. So I got 4- MH and qty 8- 15” Reefbrites (was only looking for 2) and it Also included 4 ballast for the MH. This total package was SWEET and I was not even looking for MH and have never run MH. Everything is LIKE NEW and works amazing.
So my question is this, do I dare take down my ap700 and t5 hybrid and change my tank to the following:
2- 250w MH with 20k bulbs
1- 36” Reefbrites XHO I already had
4- 15” Reefbrites that would be mounted in the 2 MH pendants.
(would still have 2 additional leftover MH not being used)
I live in Phx so summer heat but I do keep my house pretty chilly all year and i do run a chiller as well. I keep the tank at 78 all year. What do you guys think? Why fix what is not broken with the Kessil or am I missing out on MH? My corals are all happy so why disturb or will this take my tank to a new level? I have good growth (no sps) and colors so I’m not sure what to do!
My other option is keep the large tank as is and on my 25g 24”x24” lagoon I take off the 360x and replace with 1- MH pendant and 2-15” reefbrites and run this baby with massive amount of lights?? Here are pics of my current tank with all led and pic of the amazing deal (almost free) I got.
Or so I leave all my tanks led and just use the 15” Reefbrites for additional spread and get rid of the MH pendants? Thanks In advance for suggestions.
Oh not that is matters but if you wonder Why did he buy everything when He was not looking for Mh??
I paid less for this package than the 2-15” reefbrites would have cost me new. It was too good of a deal to pass up.
OK so dilemma time I wanted to add more pop and spread so I added a 36” Reefbrite XHO that I got a deal on a used one so I added that to the aquatic life. My tank is now loaded with led lights.
So fast forward to this week. While looking for my other tank for a couple 15” reefbrites to add to my smaller 25gal lagoon with a Kessil 360x light, I found the deal of a lifetime from a local guy not far from my house. Well last night I picked up the following
4- Reefbrites 250w MH with new 20k bulbs and each fixture has 2- 15” Reefbrites XHO on the pendant. So I got 4- MH and qty 8- 15” Reefbrites (was only looking for 2) and it Also included 4 ballast for the MH. This total package was SWEET and I was not even looking for MH and have never run MH. Everything is LIKE NEW and works amazing.
So my question is this, do I dare take down my ap700 and t5 hybrid and change my tank to the following:
2- 250w MH with 20k bulbs
1- 36” Reefbrites XHO I already had
4- 15” Reefbrites that would be mounted in the 2 MH pendants.
(would still have 2 additional leftover MH not being used)
I live in Phx so summer heat but I do keep my house pretty chilly all year and i do run a chiller as well. I keep the tank at 78 all year. What do you guys think? Why fix what is not broken with the Kessil or am I missing out on MH? My corals are all happy so why disturb or will this take my tank to a new level? I have good growth (no sps) and colors so I’m not sure what to do!
My other option is keep the large tank as is and on my 25g 24”x24” lagoon I take off the 360x and replace with 1- MH pendant and 2-15” reefbrites and run this baby with massive amount of lights?? Here are pics of my current tank with all led and pic of the amazing deal (almost free) I got.
Or so I leave all my tanks led and just use the 15” Reefbrites for additional spread and get rid of the MH pendants? Thanks In advance for suggestions.
Oh not that is matters but if you wonder Why did he buy everything when He was not looking for Mh??
I paid less for this package than the 2-15” reefbrites would have cost me new. It was too good of a deal to pass up.
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