Lighting

kube

kube

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So whats everyones opinion of this set up?
Ice Cap 660 Ballast
4 TEK II reflectors
Ice Cap Water Proof ends and stand offs
4x80=360 watts
55 Gallon tank
Think I can keep an anemone happily under this set up?
Also how high from the water do I want to mount the lights?
Do I want a fan blowing down on top of the reflectors or blowing up on the lamps? Or doesn't matter as long as I have something in there cooling them?
 
greenreefer

greenreefer

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Those lights will probably be fine, be make sure the tank is established (a good long while, maybe 6 - 12 months) before adding an anemone. Fan should just blow across the surface of the water, not pointing at the water or pointing at the light.
 
kube

kube

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oh yeah, tank has been up and running for over a year now, lots of copods and critters coming out of the 100# of live rock between the sump and DT
What do you think my limits with this light fixture? Would this cover a a good majority of the corals out there? Its a standard 55 gallon tank
 
kube

kube

Member
the lights are 54 watts each, but doesn't the icecap 660 overdrive them to around 80 watts?
 
mr_x

mr_x

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i don't have much experience with the overdriven t-5's , but i woudl imagine you could keep pretty much anything, as long as you kept the higher light corals, in the higher half of the tank.
 
wangotango

wangotango

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Originally Posted by Kube
http:///forum/post/2834772
any thoughts of what I can keep under this set up?
Anything you want where you want. You might have problems keeping softies and other low-light demanding things in the upper half of the tank though. Four individually reflected over-driven lamps on a 55gal is a lot of light.
-Justin
 
kube

kube

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thats good, trying to buy something that I will be able to incorporate into any future tank upgrades down the road
 
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