Help on some hardware decisions

[Trigger Man]

It will be more then enough, Until a couple of months ago I was using the Tek 4x54 4 foot unit in my 5 foot 125ish g with plenty of sps frags and colonies and they are all growing.

Originally Posted by serratus

Wow guys, I'm starting to consider getting TEK lights with 6 bulbs now haha. This almost doubles what I had originally intended to spend on lights Will a 6 bulb TEK be enough to start growing some hard corals? (50 Gallon with 18" tank depth). I can't believe that everyday I look at this stuff, the budget needs to get bumped up and yet I want the aquarium even more

To think, when I first approached someone at BigAl's they said my starup cost would be $1000!!!


"Just curious where do you buy your photography equipment at a good price?"

B&H Photo or Adorama are the best places and very very trustworthy. In the photography equipment business, there are lots of "bait and switch" tactics used by non-reputable dealers. You won't find any place with a price that's more than 5-10% lower than the mentioned 2 stores. Adorama's prices are slightly cheaper than B&H photo but shipping is slightly more so basically works out to the same. Prices almost always works out to be cheaper than buying from Canadian Retailers (except a few newer items where they set the Canadian price when the Canadian dollar was roughly on par with USD). The downside is that you don't have warranty.

[serratus]

Okay, so I'm talking to someone about a 6 bulb fixture.

One thing that is kind of strange is that he is including the following 6 bulbs that he has been using:

Giesemann 2 pure actinic and 4 actinic+

No 10,000 or 12,000K bulbs! Is this a problem?