Metal Halide and no Chiller?

[Reefer Rob]

You could always run T5s. Much less heat, and not a expensive as Solaris. When I ran them I had to dial back the fan that blew across the top of my tank or my heater would come on in the middle of the day.

Sick of the MH heat thing really... but they do supply most of the heat for my house in winter. I might yet go back to T5s, Hmmm... but I'd loose the ripple effect *sigh*

[ron101]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

You could always run T5s. Much less heat, and not a expensive as Solaris. When I ran them I had to dial back the fan that blew across the top of my tank or my heater would come on in the middle of the day.

Sick of the MH heat thing really... but they do supply most of the heat for my house in winter. I might yet go back to T5s, Hmmm... but I'd loose the ripple effect *sigh*

What was the T5 wattage vs the MH wattage that you are running now?

[Reefer Rob]

Originally Posted by ron101

What was the T5 wattage vs the MH wattage that you are running now?

I was running 324 wats over my 72G bow because that's all I could fit over it. I was planning to run 800W of T5s over the 180G that I have now if I went that way.