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I woke up today excited to receive my pallet from Premium Aquatics. It arrived 2.5 hours later than promised, which delayed my other project but what could I do about that? The pallet has Tropic Eden sand, both dry and many trays of live sand for the new tank. Two bags of calcium reactor media by Tropic Eden (large reef 'bones' type), Sybon reef salt, filter socks, Vertex NP pellets, bulkheads, Phosphate Control, thermometers and more. The driver had to make two trips up the driveway with his ...

I was able to work on the main display lighting this last week, and here are a few images. The lighting will be comprised of a trio of lumen bright mini wide pendants, 20kK Radium bulbs, and 250W lumatek ballasts. The light rack also has 36 Cree LEDs on it driven by meanwell drivers (6 white, 30 royal blue). The LEDs will provide dawn/dusk control, as well as supplemental lighting during non-MH times (as I typically only run metal halide bulbs in the 4-6 hour range per day). I built a light ...

Hi all, my current tank is 240 gallons and the size is 96 x 24 x24
I currently have 4 250 W MH 20K lights. and 4 T5 54W actinics.
however I do not get the really beautiful effect on some of the corals that I would like.
Marc has suggested I go with the 400W lights. Now after doing some research it has been suggested that I get better reflectors and maybe even some of the new Radium or Elos bulbs.
I understand that some of these new bulbs require electronic ballasts.
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