sunpod + supplementals?
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sac10918
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Hi Jess
I dont know if you have seen it yet but Current-usa also makes a Sunpod with 4 t5 actinic bulbs as well as the 150 watt (or 250 watt if you prefer) metal halide HQI. I really would like to get one for my aquapod 24 as well and move my 150 HQI to my QT tank (so I can QT corals and such in the future). Its really pricey is the only problem, like $450 for the 150 watt HQI and $500 for the 250 watt HQI. They throw in two timers though, so that you can have the lights coming on and off with ease...
I think this might be a better way to go rather than getting the metal halide unit and a separe actinic unit, which might look hokey unless you have a cover....
The only problem I see with this light is that the smallest it comes is a 24", which will overhang a bit on the sides. However, Al MC told me that the actinics wont run the whole length anyways, so its not that big of a deal.
Hope that helps....I saw no one else had answered yet....
I dont know if you have seen it yet but Current-usa also makes a Sunpod with 4 t5 actinic bulbs as well as the 150 watt (or 250 watt if you prefer) metal halide HQI. I really would like to get one for my aquapod 24 as well and move my 150 HQI to my QT tank (so I can QT corals and such in the future). Its really pricey is the only problem, like $450 for the 150 watt HQI and $500 for the 250 watt HQI. They throw in two timers though, so that you can have the lights coming on and off with ease...
I think this might be a better way to go rather than getting the metal halide unit and a separe actinic unit, which might look hokey unless you have a cover....
The only problem I see with this light is that the smallest it comes is a 24", which will overhang a bit on the sides. However, Al MC told me that the actinics wont run the whole length anyways, so its not that big of a deal.
Hope that helps....I saw no one else had answered yet....
paintballer768
Active Member
My 20" sunpod has the docking mounts in a little bit, because its actually a little bit large. You would have light hanging over the side I think, but not sure. I tried thinking of a way to somehow take my actinics off the hood and mount it somewhere else for actinic lights, without wasting the stock PCs.
Think its possible??
If you want to buy lights for the 24, with supplementals actinics, you might end up spending a bit more. My Sunpod (the 20"), as daylight and nighttime LEDs, and they do a decent job of the natural light cycle, but not as good as actinics would IMO.
Think its possible??
If you want to buy lights for the 24, with supplementals actinics, you might end up spending a bit more. My Sunpod (the 20"), as daylight and nighttime LEDs, and they do a decent job of the natural light cycle, but not as good as actinics would IMO.