Anyone got lighting upgrade pics

wyldgunz

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Heres a few Shots of my tank when it was young and under 260 watts of pc ... it looks like crap now that i dug these up and looked at it
 

wyldgunz

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Heres it is a few months ago with dual 250 watt double ended HQI Ushiro bulbs and dual 110 watt VHO atinics
 

wyldgunz

Member
I dont have any full tank shots of PC lighting because nothing grew well and looked good so i didnt have any inspiration to take shot of crap.. i have about 500 pics of my tank now heres one about a month ago full shot . Ill get a new full shot tomorrow so you can see how insaine the Xenias have gotten under good lights. And the Montiaporas
 

niger12

Member
Here is a couple of pic. First one is with 130W PC and the second is with 4 35" T5. The T5's are lower wattage.
 
Thank you!
Thank you!

Was beginnning to lose all hope from this BB.
Those Are amazing pics. Both of your tanks look amazing with the new lights.
Did either of you have problems with the corals adjusting to the new lights?
If and when I switch to mh/vho should I start out with the lights on only an hour and each day increase it a little?
That way not to shock any of my corals.
Most of my corals are pretty well established under the existing lights, I just want to be able to keep the more difficult corals and clams and to improve the look of my aquarium
Once again thank you.
Adam
 

niger12

Member
Do a search on lighting and you should find some help with the light breakin for the corals. I have never added MH to aa tank so I am not sure of the proceedure. Someone here will help you though. Good luck.
 

wyldgunz

Member
I cut the cycle down to 5 hrs of of MH and 12 of atinics for a couple weeks and started with most my corals in shaderspots then moved them up as time went
 
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