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they will survive... hoever what do you have holding the frags dwon with... to much flow and they will be lost under the rockwork.... i usually take rubble and put it in a tupperware container, then i just let em sit for a week as they will atach themselves

i cant make any decisions without a full tank shot...

ill bite... what exactly do you mean by a uinquarium?

pfo is one of the better ones alison

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yup

thats for saying affordable!!!! sounds alot better... to be hones i do know of a few lighting sources... gimme a email reefman9@hotmail.com

Originally posted by romeofoeve yea im 100% its a bta. i ordered the PC's on fri, they should be here sometime this week. i would be getting about 4.5 watts per gallon and considering my anenomes are pretty high up on the LR, im pretty sure the lights will be sufficient, if not, im sure my LFS...

Originally posted by DiscusKing . The point is it could be overskimming now thats opening up a can of worms....

well i personally would go the mh route... you can keep a much wider variety... but if you decide against that pcs havea higher intensity than vho

well for the first couple weeks they will be blue.. there is no denying that fact... after burn in i like the color.. 14ks will give a more shimering affect than the 20ks

yup itll work! youll love the new lights,,, pendents are great for open top tanks but since you have a hood and want to use it.... just modify it...

k let me rephrase this... did you drill it? glue baffles.... what ya do?... oh and thanks for the reply

Originally posted by Farslayer Ah, so you think I'd be better off with 250W MH bulbs instead? So if I hang the bulbs above the tank, should I invest in some PC actinics, like the 55 or 96 watt 50/50s? Do you think that the pendants will be more than capable of directing the light into the...

Originally posted by alison Really! Cool. I was hopin someone would say that. I want mh's sooooo bad. I mean people in Florida without air conditioned homes have mh's! I didn't have fans this summer with my 220 watt pc's and it got up to 84 once, so I had to do the frozen milk jug trick a...

boring clam of some sort?

you can keep ypur less light demanding sps yes... but as far as the pm some torts tenius ect id go with 250w... jmo

first off yes with dual 175w mh you can keep sps and clams... i keep my mh 8" of the surface of the water. 14k will be bluer than 10k however with 14k id still add actinics. with 20k youll be fine... i am by no means an expeter however with 250w de you keep all light love acros not just some as...

Originally posted by alison Thanks, I'll have to check them out. Oh, and hey I think using the word cheap is ok in this hobbie. We have a diy forumn don't we? Cheap doesn't neccessarily mean bad. Sunlight supply I found out is a good brand, and is electronic balast, so I'll probably go with...

Originally posted by alison what's a good cheaper brand? first off the words cheap should never ever ever be used in this hobby.... dont ever buy cheap... youll end up pissed off somehow in the end. i personally would buy elsewhere... *************** has some real nice stuff... youll spend...