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Old 01-04-2010, 05:04 PM
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let me know how the lighting goes.im doing a 33 gal cube.it has a 96w coralife compact on it now as its only 18"x18" was thinking of goin with some kind of 150-175w mh de 14k and 2-4 x t5 aquascience blue and fiji purple.unfortunatly i have to fig out how to mount as the t5 smallest size is 24" .was thinking of just letting it hang over sump behind the display tank.this is the best combo i could find for a small tank.viper vs galaxy or vertex electronic ballast any good?
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Old 01-04-2010, 05:54 PM
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right now i am running my 48i 4x54w sundial on it, so im pounding the light to it, i just have it running across my cube and my bowfront right now. with most 24in fixtures i have seen you can adjust the legs so they can sit on a smaller tank
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Old 01-04-2010, 07:25 PM
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i was just going to get some t5 s from the grow store 24 bucks each and make a square canopy with a fan hole in the middle to suck up heat.the whole canopy will be apart of the wall behind it,inc drywall and round corners.the whole tank and sump will be a partial room divide.im building it for my parents entry way of their mansion lol.has to be perfect looking and functioning as i have little room to add more later.wish i could find more custom pics of similar builds.
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that would be sweet.
so i did a test last night and yeah i need to lower my salinity the next few days. i guess i had my top up water confused with my wter change water oops.
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:23 AM
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well after getting my new lights on saturday i took some new pics as well. so here it goes.

my new zoas from red coral

with just the moonlights on

here is a full tank shot

tank and light

front and right side

my engineer goby and my dragon having a staring contest, the dragon won

another side shot
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Old 01-11-2010, 04:39 AM
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nice ric florida.

that pic with the lizard is awsome
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Terry
I wouldnt even have a Skimmer on there man. The tank being the size it is you can get away from just doing water changes like 1-2 gallons
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