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    Live Rock Questions

    Thanks for your help! My wife and I are converting a saltwater fish tank into a reef tank and have a several questions regarding Live Rock. - We've read reef tanks require 1.0 - 1.5 lbs of LR per gal. Our tank was advertised as 100g, but measures 90g, and actually holds about 80g. Do we use the...
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    Lighting Help!

    With everyone's help we've learned and worked through the following; "Plan-A" - re-bulb our existing 6-65 watt Coralife PC lights, CONS: can't grow hard corals, clams, etc. "Plan B" - find a MH/Fluorescent that would easily replace our existing PC's, CONS: I found only one; the 48" Coralife...
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    Lighting Help!

    Thank You! I want to do the lights right the first time. So if doing so means rebuilding the canopy, then Yes that is an option. I have some experience with wood working and the needed tools. I've done a ton of reading on lights..... but reading an experience are two different things. Any...
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    Lighting Help!

    Here are some pictures I hope will help to show our current setup. The challenges that we have in finding a replacement MH + VHO/T5/PC light are; the fans on the light need to vent upwards. And, there is limited space between the top of the tank and the underside of the canopy. Thanks everyone...
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    Lighting Help!

    Thanks everyone for your help! Another question: How important is it to center the lighting over the top of the tank? I can't find a MH + VHO light fixture that will fit our tank without seriously modifying the canopy. A "Plan B" would be to add MH along side our existing PC fixture, but to...
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    Lighting - Good Online Sources and Manufactures

    Thanks everyone for your help! I've gone through all the web sites and looked at all the lighting options. Whew! The only fixture that will fit our tank & canopy, without modifying anything is the: Coralife Aqualight Pro 48", w/2-250w MH & 2-96w PC, and Lunar LED's Does anyone have any...
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    Lighting - Good Online Sources and Manufactures

    Thanks for your help! What are some good online souces for MH parts and fixtures? Also, what are some good brands to look for when shopping MH & MH/fluorescent lights. Thank you, Randy & Deanne
  8. Quigley

    Lighting Help!

    Thanks for your reply! Is it best to combine MH with PC/VHO/T5 bulbs? Or, is MH by it'self OK? Randy & Deanne
  9. Quigley

    Lighting Help!

    Thanks everyone for your help! We would like our tank to be roughly 80% corals and other reef related marine life, and 20% smaller reef-friendly fish. We would like the lighting to allow us to grow the widest possible range of corals and other reef-related marine life. We would like to grow...
  10. Quigley

    Lighting Help!

    Thank You for your help! My wife and I recently purchased a used 100g saltwater fish setup with the idea of converting it to a reef tank. The 100g tank measures 48L x 18W x 27H, and has a 20g sump/refug. Current lighting is 6 - 65 watt 50/50 PC bulbs from two Coralife 48" fixtures. One...
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    Migrating From Fish to Reef - Advise

    Thanks to Everyone for all the Help! We found a used fish/reef setup For Sale close to home and picked it up this weekend. I've a couple of question. 1- How do you correctly ballance the upper tank and lower refug tank water flow? After setting it up and re-filling both tanks to within about...
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    Migrating From Fish to Reef - Advise

    Thanks everyone for your help! What a great group! We are working to understand all the acronyms, and what each of the components are that make up a reef tank (my job). We don't yet know enough about corals to know which ones we would want to grow; softies, LPS, or SPS (wife's job). We both...
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    Migrating From Fish to Reef - Advise

    My wife and I have kept a 28g salt water fish tank for the past couple years. We are wanting to migrate to a reef tank and need some advise. Our tank is 30 long x 18 high x 12 deep. We have about 2 inces of sand and 50 lbs of live rock. Also, heater, power head, and 2 stage filter (carbon and...
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