lighting upgrade sujestions needed...

[Krish]

Cool man...Now you just have to go back and get the light

 

[daytonaconnecti]

how much hotter will the m/h make the water...

 

[Krish]

It varies...All depends on the wattage you're going to, how vented your canopy is (if using one) and how cool your room is. When I ran the 150w and the 70w mh over my 24gal aquapod, I used one fan to blow across the surface of the water on a timer. It wasn't totally nececssary, but I did need it occasionally. When I had the 250w mh over my 38gal aquapod, I needed a chiller, but it wasn't totally because of the lights. My closed loop pumps heated up the water pretty bad. I guess you'll have to try them out and watch it. You may be fine then again you may need a fan or so

 

[daytonaconnecti]

so iam going from a 130w pc light, to a 159w mh 2-24w t5 light setup, what do i need to do, as far as getting the tank adjusted to the new light, if anything.....

 

[daytonaconnecti]

so iam going from a 130w pc light, to a 159w mh 2-24w t5 light setup, what do i need to do, as far as getting the tank adjusted to the new light, if anything.....

anyone have an idea,

 

[Krish]

Hey man...You can probably just put some egg crate over the tank to cut down on the light intensity a bit or maybe raise the lights a bit higher and slowly lower then as the tank adjusted. With me when I added my first set of halides going from pc's I didn't have any corals in there so it wasn't that much of a concern. You have a few so I'd acclimate them a bit

 

[daytonaconnecti]

i was thinking that all of mine are on i rock... move then down towards the bottom for a while

 

[Krish]

That will probably work