lighting

[Duke]

Lighting

1 x Arcadia Series 3 (2 x 150W and 2 x T5 blue)

I have an Arcadia T5 setup with 4 x T5's. As my Series 3 unit has 2 x Blue T5's can I change the two blue bulbs too white in the T5 setup?

This would mean I will have

2 x 150W

2 x T5 Blue

4 x T5 white

Will this be enough?

1450 x 750 x700 tank

[kevan]

from what I've seen with mine I think 2 x 250 plus some T 5 's would be the go .

I' ve have now got 2 x 150 plus 1 x 250 but it looks clutered over tank .

[kevan]

Look at this tank

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005- ... /index.php

this is 700 deep only 1300 wid tho and looks good with 2 x 150 plus power compacts.

[Duke]

Thanks Keven... this is a very nice tank and simple to operate. I will definatly be using this post as a referance.

All dimention aree simlar to the tank size we are using.

thanks

[suphew]

Rule of thumb I have been told and use is one MH every 2 feet, plus your tank is quite deep. I was buying from scratch I would go 3x250w but since you already have the lights why not try them out and replace later if you find they aren't enough. Also I wouldn't try and compensate lack of MH by spending $ on T5's, they take up too much room for too little light output, IMHO are best used for adjusting the colour, i.e. running blue tubes.

[wasp]

That's pretty interesting about the lighting on that TOTM, I ddin't think it would be enough to achieve what he has, but obviously, the results are good.