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Too much light?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by blackx-runner, Dec 23, 2013.

  1. Dec 23, 2013 #1
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    Think this will be enough light for a 40 breeder? Thinking of throwing in some T5s front and back just to even things out a little bit, but I thought that may just be overkill.


    2x 250 WH HQI


    4 x AI sol blues with stock optics


    4 x AI hydra


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  2. Dec 23, 2013 #2
    Roman Cedar Rapids, IA

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  3. Dec 23, 2013 #3
    Travis G

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    I know next to nothing about lights but that looks like a ton of light! Lol
     
  4. Dec 23, 2013 #4
    Lee

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    Glad to see the halides are on there! However, check your calendar, this is not April 1st.
     
  5. Dec 23, 2013 #5
    danmgray Sioux City, IA

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  6. Dec 23, 2013 #6
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    I have the 8 AIs actually mounted in the rack. I didn't have the aluminum I needed to mount the MH though.
     
  7. Dec 23, 2013 #7
    Sponge Marshalltown, IA

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    /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/w00t.gif/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/w00t.gif/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/w00t.gif That's alot of light David! Hang'em high!/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/hehe.gif My T-5's will look like moonlights against those!/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/wow.gif
     
  8. Dec 24, 2013 #8
    MXC207 Cedar Rapids

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    Haha thats so sick! It might be too much tho let us know how it goes! Ill have to see your tank again once you mount it.
     
  9. Dec 24, 2013 #9
    hart

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    Going to be running those crazy low, haha. I have 2 reefbreeders value over my 65 (same LxW) and have to keep them down low or everything is pretty sad. My biocube with steves led also has to be run pretty low or sps loose color.
     
  10. Dec 24, 2013 #10
    hart

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    Hope you have insane flow! Advanced aquarist has lots of articles about it but after most sps become photo inhibited in a range of 200-800 par the extra energy gets released in heat from the coral so it's pretty hard on them. High flow, really high flow, can almost totally mitigate the damage from what I have read, but that is way more than I have ever seen for light!!
     
  11. Dec 24, 2013 #11
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    Its actually for my 250 deep dimension. That rack is 5ft x 3 ft, so putting it over a 40 breeder was just a joke.
    I have the 8 AIs mounted right now just for the fun of it. I'm going to get the club par meter and play around with everything. Get readings with all the LEDs , then just the sol blues, and then put the hydras in the exact locations and compare the par. The end plan is to just run the hydras, but with the rack I have built the lighting possibilities are numerous and very easily changed. The addition of MH is still a definite possibility depending on the results.
    Even without being able to adjust the hydras because I don't have the controller, I can tell the extra colors are more appealing to my eyes. The sol blues alone were always lacking on certain corals.
     
  12. Dec 24, 2013 #12
    hart

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    Guess I'm not so good at figuring dimensions, ha. It should look amazing.
     
  13. Dec 25, 2013 #13
    bobsfish

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    I need to get over there to see your new setup. I haven't even seen your new sump installed.
     
  14. Jan 21, 2014 #14
    daalbers

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    so witch ones did you end up useing or did you use all of them lets see it lite up
     
  15. Jan 24, 2014 #15
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    I have all the AIs over it now, but I have been just running the hydras to see how they do. So far the corals seem to be doing really well. I think those alone are enough light.
    I am wanting to get par readings of the SOLs vs. the Hydras.
     

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