3 175w MH and 4 t-5 actintics

pics coming up of my 150

 

yea i will have to get some on here of mine too.

 

WOW man that is awesome i really like it. hey a question totally of this but i am having a prob with coraline growing on my tank and all my params are where there suppose to be. ph-8.3 mag-1260 cal-460 phos-0 nitrite-10ppm alk-3.5 meq and iodine-.6 and sali-.025 any ideas

 

I had 1 175 MH and 4 T5's on my old 65 gal and it would get too hot so I had to cut down to 4 hours of the MH a day. If I read correctly that you were considering 3 175 MH's? I would say no for 2 reasons. Unless you plan on a chiller forget it and 2 be very careful of the plastic brace in the middle of a 48" tank as it will melt from the heat. Good luck with your tank!

 

It's not growing on the back of my tank hardly at all. My rock is getting covered but that's about it. Coraline is a wierd thing. It doesn't seem to like mh at all. And I second what marlinman said. Make sure you have enough fans to get rid of the mh heat.

 

3 will not do the center brace will melt and a 75 is just a little shorter then a 90 and 2 175's o them are not much at all . So being limited to just 2 lamp reflectors I'd get 2 reefoptix reflectors and run 250 D.E with a good 14 K lamp.. for the main lighting of 6 to 8 hrs aday then get some good 420nm actinic bulbs in the T5 for the 16 to 18 hrs aday actinic lighting. Save yourself heat money and time ..

 

i put on my 2 175 20k MH and i have in there two 85w t-5's and two 85w actinics. they are all on for 13hrs and then the moon lights come on is that good

 

Sounds plenty to me. Good luck!

 

More M/H then needed really, It's never high noon all day anywhere 8 hrs is plenty and the actincs at 16 to 18 hrs. works very well for coloration and less heat and elect. used ..