Upgraded my lighting

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  1. fishoholic

    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Here is the old POS lighting
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    and the new lighting 3-250 mh and 4 36" t-5 actinics
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    Man is it bright in the living room now.
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  2. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    That is sweet dude. What are you going to do with the other lighting? Start another FO tank?
     
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  3. fishoholic

    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Don't know can't afford two tanks , the old lights were cheap and are in bad shape might just toss them.
     
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    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Anyway to mod them into something you can use?
     
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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Just be careful. That's one heck of a jump in lighting. Watch for nuisance macro/micro. I'd run them a short couple of hours and extend photo period gradually by the day.
     
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  6. fishoholic

    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Nothing I can think of besides filler for the dump, What would you use them for?
     
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  7. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Ummmmm......How about filling them with dirt and putting flowers in 'em
     
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  8. fishoholic

    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    What does the nuisance macro/micro look like, how do i keep it in check?
    And thanks I'm am only going to run them for a few hours a day for a while then slowly bump it up, then also when i add anything new I will run the Mh for a few hours a day then slowly bring it up. Is that the way I should do it?
     
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    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I still think they would look better at the dump. I have an eye for this type of art. lol
     
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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Google cyanobacteria, green hair algae and, brown diatom algae and look through some images. Some of those algae are un-avoidable and are just part of the process. Phosphates -0.1/nitrates best kept at 0 acceptable at a little higher levels(not in my tank).
     
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