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Old 05-01-2009, 09:08 PM
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175W Hallide over your 10? I'm not so sure about that.

Not that I'm trying to tell you that you're doing anything wrong. It might work, but your evaporation is going to be huge unless it's mounted very high. You'll also have to worry about your temperature and making sure your top-offs are done diligently. The only problem with mounting it too high is that you're going to lose a lot of PAR intensity.
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Old 05-01-2009, 09:25 PM
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The Halide will evaporate all of the water unless you come up with a DIY ATO. Leaving the lid on will cause the tank to boil. Lots of good ideas and DIY instructions on nano-reef.com. Good luck!
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Old 05-03-2009, 05:52 AM
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ya proably right on that one so i just took an old 48 inch power compact fixture i had and cut the reflector down the midle flipped it around to make it a 2 bulb for it for now its alot brighter. not sure what il do with this tank as im in the midle obuilding my self a 20 gallon and gonna put a diy led set up on it i may just transfer her tank over to mine
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Old 05-03-2009, 04:51 PM
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i just had something very od happen in the nano i started doing water changes on the tank and trying to bring the salt level down gradualy as it was through the roof. so ive proabably changed 50% now. but looking at the tank this morning i noticed almost all the flatworms are curling up and dying? any ideas what might have sparked this not that im complaining
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