Jello!

New to this site!

Have had a 50 breeder reef along time ago and wanted to start another tank. So I got a 10 gallon and set it up. Light is way overboard i know but im transfering it to the 40 breeder im buying soon.

Its inhabitants so far are
7 pounds live rock
1 pound lace rock
15lbs white sand from petco
3 damsels, one is a japenese fancy or something
3 scarlet reef hermits
1 giant mexican turbo snail
1 bubble tip anemone
1 anemone crab
2 feather dusters
2 polyp colonies one is orange one is green
Tank is 6 days old

The polyps, feather dusters,snail was all free cause it was on the live rock when i purchased it haha.
Gotta love petco sometimes

Question is i bought a 150 watt metal halide combo pack with 2 18w actinic tho's and 4 led moonlights.

Should the mh turn on as soon as i turn the balast on, or should it take awhile to turn on?

Had pc last time and they turned right on

Pics of it as it sits

Sad thing is there are no lfs here :{

If you ever get a chance and are in Angola, Indiana stop by sea dwellers!~ Joel is a really nice guy i used to haunt that place hahaha and they have some amazing corals and prices!

 

welcome to 3 reef solar0987

MH lamps take a short while to reach full burn and thus full brighness
never timed it, but it could be around 5 minutes or so in my case
they start a dull yellowy color, and then gradually get brighter and brighter

Steve

 

Welcome to 3reef.

The Metal Halide may take a few seconds to ramp up. Mine starts out very dim and then increases in intensity over a couple minutes.

 

Welcome to 3reef!

 

more pics
Ill take some tommorow with the halide on.


Most pics is with the 2 18 watt tho's and the moonlights

 

Ya mine doesn't even start the dimming cycle for about 5 min is that bad i just got it today!
Like it not on at all for 5 min then it starts to slowly turn on.


And TY everyone