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It works great although it can get pricey... I just drive my boat out into the gulf a few miles and fill up a few buckets and my corals seam to react so awesome to it after a water chage to it.. I/m just afraid that one of these days I'm gonna scopp up some red tide or parasites..

Yeah that is a great site and would solve a lot of lighting questions.. I refered a member to it yesterday and I see it got deleted... I don't understand why we can't link sites that don't sell stuff... If anything sites like that would help out saltwaterfish.com.. But o'well.

According to sanjays lighting test they the 15000k xm bulbs are really lacking in par.. This site should be helpful ***link deleted***

I'd use a lights of america 65 watt florex light from your local home depot.

Originally Posted by scubatiffy Any estimate on cost for something like that? Just brainstorming with my dad, and thought maybe a five gallon or so bucket with a drip valve at the bottom? Cheap and seems easy enough- but then again, everytime I say that it turns into a huge hassel! The setup...

Go the vho route with uri super actinics they have a built in reflector.. As for aclimation, cut a piece of eggcrate to fit the top of your tank and put about 5-8 layers of screen over it and remove one layer every 3 days.

Isn't a 55g. 48'' long?

400's are gonna be a little heavy on the electric bill.. You really don't need 400 watters either on a 24'' tall tank.. I'd run 4 240 watt hqi metal halides in pfo mini pendants with pfo hqi ballasts and 14k pheonix bulbs..

You could do a squamosa or dersea but stay away from other ones.

Cpr bak-pak are a good choice.. I've seen used ones go for $50-$60 dollars in the classified section and on E bay

Imo your better off with something professionally built then a diy auto-topoff because you will run the risk off floods and all that fun stuff.. I run a aqua-medic sp-3000 dosing pump connected to a reeffanatic level controller with dual float switches.. It has worked great for me and I...

Looks like a sun coral to me to..

I don't believe in those products, I think there a waste of money. I'd rather spend the time and money on kalkwasser to keep my cal-alk-ph levels stable. Once I started dripping kalk my coraline went nuts know I have to scrape it off the front glass almost every week.

I'd go with 3x250 watt hqi metal halides in pfo mini pendants with pfo hqi ballasts mounted into a canopy with 2 vho uri superactinics.

Once you get your cal-alk levels stabilized then I reccomend dripp kalk 24/7 once I did my coraline went nuts know its more of nuissance since I have to scrape it off my front glass all the time..