lighting behaviour of reefers

[mr_alberta]

Tank Size: 23Lx23Wx23H

Lights on: 8:30AM
Lights off: 7:30PM

250W MH DE in a Sun Light Supply Reef Optix 3+ Pendant driven on a Reef Fanatic 250W Electronic Ballast. The bulb is a 14000K CoralVue I believe...

So far I like the color of the bulb and the compactness of the pendant. Also, running a pendant allows me to run open top which I prefer much more. I keep mainly SPS with a pair of small BTA's and everything seems to grow well, though my SPS do brown out sometimes (I don't know if its a light thing or a water quality thing or both). If I had to do it again, I would probably sell my electronic ballast and get an HQI ballast just so I can run my bulbs harder and get that little extra oomph.