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Setting up new 8ft x 3 ft x 16 in deep reef tank. Would 250 watt halides be to much for that shallow of a tank? Thanks

I have 2x250w halide at 14000k on my 55g marine tank is that enough light for a clam.?:fish:

As I have made reference in a few posts to the lighting I recently purchased for the 46 gallon bowfront tank I am setting up a few people seem to think that 2x250 watt halide is way too much lighting for a 46 gallon tank. My current 28 gallon tank has a mogul base 250 watt 20k bulb over it and...

For those of you who use MH lighting on your tanks, I'm wondering about the monthly energy costs. Anyone have an idea what the cost of running 2x250w for 6hrs per day would be? How would that compare to running a 8x39w T5HO system for 10-12 hours per day?

I'm a new addict to saltwater. I've just upgraded from a 90 gal to a 180 gal. I'm running 3 - 250w metal halides. With the height of my canopy my bulbs sit about 5" from the water level. I have read that you want to have them a minimum of 8" from water level. Am i asking for big problems at...

First and foremost, I would like to say hi, I randomly stumbled across this site when doing research for my marine tank in the near future and these forums look like a collage of collected people of similar interests and information, so I figured it was a good place to start asking questions. :)...

Ok everyone! i know this may be a silly question, but... will my new halide lighting "burn" or harm anything in my tank? I have a BTA, mushrooms and polyps so far. my mushrooms and polyps are about 4-6 inches from the bottom of the tank (tank is 30 inches deep) and the BTA is about a little...

:confused:I have been maintaining a 75 gal. reef aquarium for over four years now. Unfortunatly i need to sell the aquarium since I have recieved a job offer as an aquatic ecologist in Georgia. The tank contains numerous coral species including torch, frogspawn, anchor, galaxy, ricodia, green...

I am getting out of the aquarium hobby for a while. I have some other hobbies I need to focus on so I need to address those. I am initially going to sell the stuff I am not currently using on my running system. l will eventually start selling off my running system once some of this other...