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  1. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    Ok some guy brought in his 400 watt x 2 ballast and sockets to the LFS where I work and said that they were too noisy for his tank and just gave them too my boss. Well guess what. I have been bugging him about it for about 5 months and finally convinced him to let me have time. I'M GONNA LIGHT THIS TANK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Daniel072, Mar 30, 2009
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  2. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    cool!
     
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  3. PJSATC86

    PJSATC86 Flamingo Tongue

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    awesome!
     
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  4. slocal

    slocal Doot!

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    Some people have too much money. Congrats on nagging :D
     
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  5. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    800w of MH over a 150 might be a bit much just make sure you have anything that is fragile lower in the tank
     
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  6. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    I do plan on staying on short cycle and will keep mostly acro and the sort. I'm gonna start scaling back my lps.
     
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  7. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    cool send'em to me I'll take care of them for ya lol
    I'm more of a LPS fan than anything I like lots of movement in the tank
     
    Iraf, Mar 31, 2009
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  8. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    me too but the same boss wants me to grow corals from him. I'll probably be able to score atleast one of everything ORA has for this. I have put all of my lps in shaded areas to hopefully be able to keep them alive.
     
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  9. JBL

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    If the light is too much, you could try to raise the height from the tank the light sits. Just a thought. Good score though! Too nice to pass up!
     
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  10. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    i would put some kinda of screen on the tank at first to filter out light and let the corals adjust
     
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