Lighting for a 55 gal. FOWLR?

Bayshores — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:00:14 GMT

I have a standard 55 gal. "reef ready" tank that I only use for fish and live rock. I currently have 110W of 50/50 pc's. My aggravation with the PC's is that once the new bulbs burn in, the tank takes on a yellowish

best hqi bulb

limaclmracing — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:33:53 GMT

i have a AquaticLife R7S HID Light Fixture with 150w 10k and its about 6 months old i was thinking of replacing the bulbs what do u guys recomend as the best bulb for the corals

6500k bulbs

eric.battani — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:48:57 GMT

i dont think i have enough light in my tank to grow sps. i have 4 t-5 actinic bulbs each is 24 watt bulbs for a total of 96 watts. and for my daylight bulbs i am running two 6500k bulbs. and this is on a 29 gallon tank. my lps and zoes seem to be doing fi

Looking for recommendation to replace current lighting

salt110 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:02:29 GMT

Have a 110 gallon tall reef tank, 48 inches wide. Current lighting is T5 unit with 8 bulbs: 4 X 10,000 white and 4 X 54 actinic blue. System is older and we want to replace. What would be the equivalent fixture and light requirements if we are to repla

skylight selection for coral raceway

r33fking — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:53:37 GMT

Hi all,I am relocating my coral raceway to a new building . my plans are to install four 4'x4' skylights over the raceways .
i have a great south facing roof to work with here .
i am having a hard time finding skylights that are UV open or at le

don't know what option to choose from, LED, T5, Metal Halide...help me!!!

luisvieyra — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:54:12 GMT

Current USA Tru Lumen LED Strips

goleary — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:03:47 GMT

I have had 2 36 in LED strips installed for about 6 months. The other day the light strips started to dim after being on for a few minutes. I checked the power supply by unplugging it with no luck. If I tapped the fixture the lights would get bright again

T5 bulbs - pink instead of purple

Doug G — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:01:04 GMT

Strange thing - the supposedly white T5 bulbs are pinkish purple cast, instead of a nice even white!

I had aquaticlife stock 10000K bulbs (and blue). They were pretty much white, a little green tint in there though.

I replaced a burnt o

strange algae growth pattern under Radion xr30w

jaskev — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:02:31 GMT

Hello, I started a new 60 gallon cube a week ago and my LR was basically clean, The expected green and brown algae of a cycling tank has started except it is growing only around the lights in a circle? I'm new to LED lighting and IME with metal halide alg

LED to replace PC on 55G Reef Aquarium

atish — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:56:38 GMT

I have a 55G Tall (36" long) reef aquarium with fish and soft corals. Currently I use a Current USA Power compact (dual 65W) lighting with 2 daylight bulbs and 2 blue/actinic bulbs.

I am looking to replace this with 2 36" Current USA TrueLumen Pr

Adding Ecoxotic Panorama to existing Metal halide

Sandblaster — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:40:06 GMT

Can I add Exocotic Panorama to my existing Metal Halide. I have rectangel 180 gal reef and 3 (250 watt) metal. I just need to add color . I'm getting tired of looking at bright lights. If so, can I hang those maybe replacing my middle one. Thanks.

Replacement bulbs for discontinued Outer Orbit light system

Peter523 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:13:26 GMT

Hello,

I am new to the marine hobby, so any information will be appreciated. I have a 90 gals FOWLR tank. I Just recently bought an outer orbit light system unbeknown to me that these systems were discontinued. My question is this in the futu

lighting for an old fishtank

kastenson — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:52:12 GMT

I have an old wooden (yup wooden) fishtank that has a wooden top that used to have a light fixture. This fixture had the on/off switch through the top of the lid. The fixture no longer works and I have not been able to find anything like it at

Led Light Help

pledosophy — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:28:15 GMT

Looking to get an LED fixture taht I can suspend over a 120g (4x2) seahorse/macro algae tank.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

SPS's browning and regressing - not STN or RTN - Lighting? Some ?'s embedded in the post.

kattz — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:26:26 GMT

Hello:

I have a 90g tank that is lit by a DIY LED system. The LED's are Cree XR-E 3W units; 18 cool white and 17 royal blue LED's using 70 degree optics. There are also 8 red LED's with 80 degree optics that are minimally used at low pow

Upgrading to MH (need help please)

rufaba — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:32:19 GMT

Hi everyone, need some help here, have a 55 gal acrylic tank, at the moment I'm running two PC 96W 10.000k (one of them 50/50 actinic) plus a moon vue super bright blue LED (about 40"), that give it a nice look, but my problem is, I think, my PC are not

Investigator needs help finding light information

smithd — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:21:05 GMT

I am trying to find the manufacturer, model, and serial information for this light fixture. It does not have any labels or writing on it to identify. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

The fish tank cabinet, which included the light, w

New lighting; Old tank

Richard Z — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:51:49 GMT

Have 55 g salt; have 55 pounds of live rock, but only a 40 wat flurescent bulb. Want to "start slow" with good grade/level of coral light, but not too expenseive. Can I expexct my live rock to "come alive" (they've been in for 18 months.) Don't know at th

70 Gallon MH LIghting? need Help

sihonda12 — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:40:10 GMT

there we go i have a 70 Gallon Half Cylinder Acrylic Aquarium 36x18x30 By Clarity Plus.
i dont have much room in the canpoy for lighting, and i want to place the light in the canpoy for the look of the tank.
right now the set up is a Odyssea 18"

Best salt for salt mix

dommc — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:16:20 GMT

Hi All,

Does anyone have any information or recommend which salt is best to use to mix with RO water, I'm looking for something with no ammonia, nitrite or nitrate in, any ideas anyone.

Thanks

t5 lighting

limaclmracing — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:23:26 GMT

hello im planing to purchase a red carpet anemone i was just woundering if my48' current nova 8 bulb t5 it wound be enough for it i have a 75 gallon tank its 48'wide 20'deep 18'wide

looking for a LED light for a 40 gallon planted aquarium.

teen fish keeper — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:09:42 GMT

i have been keeping fresh water fish for about 6 years now and i just got a 40 gallon aquarium and i want to try having a planted aquarium with a LED ligh. i have never had a LED light before so i have no idea where to start looking, and i dont want to pa

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