azonic
Active Member
It's been quite a while since I posted anything here but now that the summer is winding down it's time to come back for the winter 
Anywho, I was at my LFS yesterday just taking a look at an order he got in the day before and some guy starts having a conversation with me...you've all been there, i'm sure.
We were just ya know comparing tank size, lighting, fish, etc...the usual stuff when he tells me he has 3x175 10k halides and 4x110watt vho's.(2 actinic and 2 50/50)
He then told me he runs his vho's for 9 hours a day.....a couple hours into the vho's period, the halides turn on....only for 4 hours though...then he runs the vho's for the rest of the day.
I told him I had a dual 250 system with 20000k XM bulbs over my tank and he said, "get some vho over the tank and use the halides as your secondary lighting. the vho's are the best!"
Apparently what he does with his tank is run the vho's to get the corals to open....then the halides make them open and stretch out nice and big.....then he said when the halides go off the corals open even more because they are reaching further to try and find the light..?? To me that sounds very odd....but apparently his tank is breath-taking.
After he left the store I had a chat with the owner and he told me that his tank was very very nice...............but vho over the halides? hrm. Anyone else ever hear anything like this?
P.S. Sorry this post is so long-winded!
Anywho, I was at my LFS yesterday just taking a look at an order he got in the day before and some guy starts having a conversation with me...you've all been there, i'm sure.
We were just ya know comparing tank size, lighting, fish, etc...the usual stuff when he tells me he has 3x175 10k halides and 4x110watt vho's.(2 actinic and 2 50/50)
He then told me he runs his vho's for 9 hours a day.....a couple hours into the vho's period, the halides turn on....only for 4 hours though...then he runs the vho's for the rest of the day.
I told him I had a dual 250 system with 20000k XM bulbs over my tank and he said, "get some vho over the tank and use the halides as your secondary lighting. the vho's are the best!"
Apparently what he does with his tank is run the vho's to get the corals to open....then the halides make them open and stretch out nice and big.....then he said when the halides go off the corals open even more because they are reaching further to try and find the light..?? To me that sounds very odd....but apparently his tank is breath-taking.
After he left the store I had a chat with the owner and he told me that his tank was very very nice...............but vho over the halides? hrm. Anyone else ever hear anything like this?
P.S. Sorry this post is so long-winded!
