Sunlight Suppy Tek Light 8 bulb, 4' HO T5 fixture. REVISITED 6 MONTHS LATER

Skimmerking · #1 09-04-2006, 11:30 PM

YEs that is true DOug's SPS were bleached too.

exee · #2 09-04-2006, 11:45 PM

I've been using the 6 bulb tek light system on my 72 gallon bowfront for the last 7-8 months and other than looking a little too big for my tank, i've been extremely pleased with it so far.

Just got my first acro on sale at Big Als last month as an experiment its whitish with blue tips and it seems to be coloring up nicely become more blue.

Running with 3 Aquablue +, to blueplus, and one daylight provides an excellent color for my tank, very crisp blueish white.

kwirky · #3 09-05-2006, 01:50 AM

yeah I have to say Albert's been good at giving advice for setting up this system.

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Originally Posted by albert_dao

This thing can actually bleach SPS, so bear that in mind when adding new frags.

so then the softies I currently have (toadstool, xenia, chalice), how high do you think they should be in the tank? currently they're halfway

oh but man did my tank get hot running it 2 inches from the water surface. It spiked up 5 degrees fairenheight (sp?), so I raised it up to 10" from the surface to deal with it. Tomorrow I'm buying a clip on fan.

KarlK · #4 09-05-2006, 03:54 AM

I think I would like to see how your corals react to full light

albert_dao · #5 09-05-2006, 05:44 PM

Start softies on the bottom.

Joe Reefer · #6 09-05-2006, 06:06 PM

I like your rock work.

kwirky · #7 09-06-2006, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

I like your rock work.

thanks

. I cheated, and used a PVC pipe structure to hold up the arch.

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Originally Posted by karlk

I think I would like to see how your corals react to full light

i'd rather play it safe, and NOT see how they react to full light quite yet

in due time. Only half the lights are on so I don't bleach them. I ran them all on for about 45 minutes, but figured out quite quick I need a fan, or else the temperature skyrockets. in the process of rigging up an array of computer fans, so I'm all ready when I decide to flick the rest on.