just ordered my new lighting for the 30 gallon

so i just ordered the new lighting for the 30 gallon upgrade! i bought the odyssea 250 watt fixture. im looking into upgrading the bulb is anyone has any info on a good day light bulb. im going to be using my t5 fixture for actinics. does anyone have any experience with this fixture and a bulb upgrade, or even ballast upgrade?

 

lol thats a lot of watts per gallon. dont be surprised if you have a algae bloom for a little bit. it should only be diatoms though. i have a 150 watts Viper on my 29 gallon and its perfect.

 

I'm running an Odyssea 250 over my 30 gallon. The Odyssea 20k bulbs are a much better bulb than what you get stock. They are not as blue as most 20k's and IMO look like a 15k from most other companies. I have heard that Icecap 250 watt ballast are direct plug-n-play for Odyssea 250 watt HQI fixtures. I've also heard they will boost the light output of your fixture by a lot.

 

yea i was reading the same about the icecap ballast. i thought id get some use out of the stock fixture and just upgrade the bulb for now. see how it goes and looks for a little than eventually will do the upgrade to icecap. how do you like the fixture on the 30? have any pics?

 

It's worked great so far. All my SPS' are growing like weeds.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-off-your-fish-tanks/mikejrice-30g-finished-73511.html