What type of lighting do you use?

What type of lighting do you use on your main display tank?

  • Metal Halide Only

    Votes: 95 18.6%
  • VHO Only

    Votes: 8 1.6%
  • T-5 Only

    Votes: 125 24.5%
  • Compact Fluorescent Only

    Votes: 26 5.1%
  • LED (solaris)

    Votes: 6 1.2%
  • Metal Halide + VHO

    Votes: 51 10.0%
  • Metal Halide + Compact Fluorescent

    Votes: 52 10.2%
  • Metal Halide + T-5

    Votes: 121 23.7%
  • Another Combo (Please Elaborate in Thread)

    Votes: 26 5.1%

  • Total voters
    510

swannyson7

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3x 250 watt halides, 12x39w t-5 and 2x54w T-5 over my 180 I'm building
 

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I have two BC29 both are open top and are mixed reefs. I have a nova extreme pro 6 bulb on one and a 150w sunpod pheonix 14k I think the both have there + and -
 

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ATI Sunpower 6x54 & ATI Sunpower 6x39 over a 7" Tank. I would love to add 12k Led spotlights for shimmer when they finally make em.

Bulb Combo:

ATI Blue+
UVL Tru Actinic
ATI Blue+
KZ Fiji Purple
ATI Blue+
ATI Blue+
 

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2 250w MH's with 3 16" blue actinic led strips
I notice my corals (zoas and softies) seem to be reaching up should I take this as not enough light? I increased my time to 8hrs on the MH's

this is on a 120 gallon tank
I would really like to switch over to LED's this year at tax time. gota research how much and how many though.
 

When to mix up fish meal: When was the last time you tried a different brand of food for your reef?

  • I regularly change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 35 25.2%
  • I occasionally change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 47 33.8%
  • I rarely change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 43 30.9%
  • I never change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 10 7.2%
  • Other.

    Votes: 4 2.9%
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