How many watts do you have?
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
FWIW...the watts per gallon rule has no meaning in the saltwater hobby. way too many other variables.
i have a 250w radium run on an HQI ballast (runs closer to 300-330watts) on my 50g cube that is 20" deep. i believe my tank to be very high light.
i have a 250w radium run on an HQI ballast (runs closer to 300-330watts) on my 50g cube that is 20" deep. i believe my tank to be very high light.
ficklefins
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5 x 39w T5 fixture = 195w over a 30g.
J. Montgomery
Mouth Pipetting
2 x 175W and 1 x 250W (600W Total) over a 55. It's very high light.
i have four 250 14k pheonix, 8 54 watt t5, over a 320 gallon tank im thinking about getting more light
1432 watts
1432 watts
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coral88
Hobbyist for now
I didn’t say anything about rules
I would call your tank high light and reserve the very high light label for people running 10w or more per gallon. But thats just my opinion. I asked the question because I want to hear the opinion of club zoa in general.
480greefer
Active Member
My new setup using 2400w of MH, 500w T-5, 880w VHO 
. Thanks god i am moving to CO
. Thanks god i am moving to CO
I run a 250w radium on an HQI ballast (pushes around 330w) with 4x24w T5 for supplementations on a 42 hex.
I asked the sun what it thought... he took off his shades and said, "whoah that's bright".
I asked the sun what it thought... he took off his shades and said, "whoah that's bright".
surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
here is an example why watts/gallon is meaningless in the saltwater hobby. i have about 330w over a 50g, and J.Montgomery is running 600w over a 55g. yet my tank is MUCH brighter.
it all has to do with the demensions of the tank (especially the depth), what kelvin bulb (BIG difference in brightness b/w 20k and 10k bulb), the reflector, and whether you hang the light in a pendent and lose allot of light spilling over into the room (or capture all the light and focus it into your tank).
J. Montgomery
Mouth Pipetting
You just think yours is brighter b/c of your faux-canopy!
(though in all seriousness, Al does have a bright tank with a single bulb placed in the middle of his "cube"; since my tank is 4" long, it requires more bulbs to illuminate the entire tank; the 55 is an awkward size for a reef tank)
sdietz2469
Well-Known Member
i run 2-400 watt 2k radiums in lumen bright minis off coralvue electronic ballasts, and 4-110 watt super actinic vhos on my 120 gal show(4ft tank)-toatal of 1240watts- high light
4-75 watt vhos(2-actinic white 2-super actinic) on my 29 gal softy tank-total of 300watts-medium light
2-helois NO t5s(i think they are 24 watts) on my 46 gal shroom/octopus tank-a whoppin 48 watts-VERY low lighy
i do agree that watts/gal dont mean much, i think it is also the type of light that you use in ex my 120 is approx 10 watts /gal and i cosider it high light, but my 29 with 10 watts/gal is med light..... this is due to the amount of usible light that i find between the vho annd halides..... halides are way more intense.......
shane
4-75 watt vhos(2-actinic white 2-super actinic) on my 29 gal softy tank-total of 300watts-medium light
2-helois NO t5s(i think they are 24 watts) on my 46 gal shroom/octopus tank-a whoppin 48 watts-VERY low lighy
i do agree that watts/gal dont mean much, i think it is also the type of light that you use in ex my 120 is approx 10 watts /gal and i cosider it high light, but my 29 with 10 watts/gal is med light..... this is due to the amount of usible light that i find between the vho annd halides..... halides are way more intense.......
shane
reefermadness
Active Member
Same Radium setup...so about 330watts...An 8 bulb t-5 fixture another 432watts...
432+330= 762 watts on a 135 gallon. Also run three 39watt 10Ks on refugium... Close to 850 watts.
How nice are the radiums? Man the growth in three weeks has been awesome!
432+330= 762 watts on a 135 gallon. Also run three 39watt 10Ks on refugium... Close to 850 watts.
How nice are the radiums? Man the growth in three weeks has been awesome!
458 w , 2 x175 mh , 2 54 w t5's. and its bright over my 75 gal
150w hqi on a 29 gallon softie tank, and 400w MH on a 55 gallon lps-sps.
(3)-250W DE 14K Phoenix, (2)-160W VHO (03's) over a 125-high light
(2)-175W elec 14K Ushio, (2)-110W VHO (03's) over a 120-med-med high-by the response of the LPS-many not happy. SPS have nice beginning color, but they show more color after a few weeks in the 125.
(2)-175W Iwasaki 14K (mag), (2)-95W(?) VHO (03's) over a 40B-seems like too much, but color loss may be due to tank conditions (doesn't cycle water as much as the tank it is hooked to).
(4)-T5 (Tek reflectors) over a 40B-seems to be perfect for everything in it (softies, zoas, LPS, one or two SPS).
(4)-T5 (cheapo single reflector with bulbs very close together) over a 22-~9" of water column-seems to be fine for Acans. They were much less happy in the 125. Closest coral is ~3" from water surface. There has been some color change (some good, some not as desireable).
(2)-175W elec 14K Ushio, (2)-110W VHO (03's) over a 120-med-med high-by the response of the LPS-many not happy. SPS have nice beginning color, but they show more color after a few weeks in the 125.
(2)-175W Iwasaki 14K (mag), (2)-95W(?) VHO (03's) over a 40B-seems like too much, but color loss may be due to tank conditions (doesn't cycle water as much as the tank it is hooked to).
(4)-T5 (Tek reflectors) over a 40B-seems to be perfect for everything in it (softies, zoas, LPS, one or two SPS).
(4)-T5 (cheapo single reflector with bulbs very close together) over a 22-~9" of water column-seems to be fine for Acans. They were much less happy in the 125. Closest coral is ~3" from water surface. There has been some color change (some good, some not as desireable).
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