Lightrails - next big thing in reef lighting?

Skimmerking · #1 01-11-2008, 10:35 PM

Jayson from SWC has a 300 gallon a 8 footer and has 2 mh on a rail a 175 and a 250....

littlesilvermax · #2 01-12-2008, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

Jayson from SWC has a 300 gallon a 8 footer and has 2 mh on a rail a 175 and a 250....

Keep in mind that Jayson (who has the same light rail as I do) has about 12 T5s over that 300.

It is almost hard to notice where the halides are.

Skimmerking · #3 01-12-2008, 03:07 AM

Oh i guess he added some more lighting to his tank I didn't know that

fkshiu · #4 01-12-2008, 05:12 AM

I agree that one MH on a rail over a 6' tank probably isn't enough. I had originally planned on 2 pendants along with supplemental T5 lighting for my setup. In end the low ceiling in my basement did in the light rail plan, but I'm still a fan of the theory behind keeping corals out of direct intense light 100% of the time.

littlesilvermax · #5 01-12-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fkshiu

I agree that one MH on a rail over a 6' tank probably isn't enough. I had originally planned on 2 pendants along with supplemental T5 lighting for my setup. In end the low ceiling in my basement did in the light rail plan, but I'm still a fan of the theory behind keeping corals out of direct intense light 100% of the time.

Yes, you need a min of 2 feet above a tank IMO to do a light rail and still have room to work. 3 feet is best.

littlesilvermax · #6 01-12-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

Oh i guess he added some more lighting to his tank I didn't know that

He might only have 8 or 10. He used ot have a whole bunch of VHOs (like 5 years ago) but has since upgraded to T5s.

He has always AFAIK had lots of flourescent lighting.