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Lighting for my Oceanic 70

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bdare
, 04-15-2010 at 02:07 PM (1189 Views)
My tank has a footprint of 36x18.

I'm running 2 x 150W MH powered by a blue wave ballast. I'm currently using Ushio 14K bulbs. I don't care for the look of the bulbs by themselves at all so I supplement with T5's.

Currently I have 4 T5's over driven by an Ice Cap 660 ballast. My bulbs are ATI Atintic, Geisman Atintic, Pro color and Blue +. Combined with the white MH's I really like the look.

My T5's come on at 9:00 AM.
MH Comes on at 11:70 AM
MH Goes off at 7:30 PM
T5's go off at 8:30 PM

My moonlights run from 8:30PM to 11:00PM.

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  1. melev's Avatar
    Are you content with the 150w bulb output? This is your softy tank, right?

    I know you are in Texas, so I have to ask how it is that you have more than 60 minutes in your hour? hehe I know I don't.
  2. bdare's Avatar
    I really am happy with the 150's. Coupled with the T5's the tank is pretty darn bright. I have 3 clams (derasa, crocea and maxima), a RBTA and a few remaining SPS which all seem very content. If I were JUST running MH I probably wouldn't like it as much. I actually started out with a single 250W Phoenix, but I didn't like that shadows in the corners and the funny growth from the corals on the side. I needed 2 MH, but I thought 2x250 would be too much.