Smitty's 40 Gallon Breeder - I miss this tank :(

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  1. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    I believe it is just a single lens parabolic reflector. I could be wrong. This will work until I have money to blow on a high end fixture lol.
     
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    haha.

    By single lens reflector I meant contoured to each bulb individually. though it does sound a bit misleading. Sorry for the confusion.
     
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    It is just one big reflector from what I can see and an individual reflector per bulb. I think we were talking about the same thing, just a different sheet of music, lol
     
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    There are 3 different shapes of reflectors for T5HO bulbs. I forget the exact names. Somewhere here on 3reef, somebody actually posted a graph with some pictures that showed the light output, comparing T5HO bulbs with no reflector, each of the 3 kinds, and also compared to PC lighting and LED. That's obviously more technical than what we need to know now; I was just curious. Though the graph was an interesting bit of information to read. Unfortunately I did not save the image to my computer.

    The Oddysea fixture appears to have a parabolic reflector, but that's a nice starting light fixture.

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    (sorry for the picture being so big. lol)
     
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    Wow, I see what you are talking about now. I guess I am trying to say that it looks like it has a Parabolic reflector lol. Thanks for clarifying for me.
     
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    So, do you think that once my params stabilize, that I could keep some montipora in my current setup? I have always like these corals as well.

    40 Gallon Breeder
    Aqua Clear 50 HOB x 2/Penguin 550 Power Head
    T5 Lighting 2x 24 watts
    45 Pounds Live Rock and 20 Pounds Live Sand
     

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    bump
     
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    Can I keep montipora in my current setup?

    Params:

    PH: 8.4
    ALK: ~2.2 milli per liter
    Ammonia: 0 ppm
    Nitrite: 0.1 ppm
    Nitrate: 0 ppm
    Phosphate 2 ppm
    SG: 1.025

    Params from September 2nd were:

    Phosphates: 2 ppm
    Ammonia: 0.25 ppm
    Nitrate: 0 ppm
    Nitrite: o ppm
    PH: 8.4
    SG: 1.024
     
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    as long as it was close enough to the light I dont think you would have a problem.
     
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    That is what I thought, I have seen where it says that the amount of light it needs is from low to high.
     
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