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The article in question was a how to article done by Melev. http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...o-it-correctly there you go

that definitely wasnt Marcs his is a 200 or 280 its huge sorry I dont remember seeing it. Do you remember about how long ago it was?

Thx for sending this, but isn't the one I saw. The author was using a 100 gallon barrel. I will study.the one you sent to see what I can learn. Thx again.

Dont think that was marcs thread, I try to find it for you

here it is http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...ation-(Part-1)

I ordered my bulbs tonite from Foster and Smith. Evidently jebo.com is OOB but still has their website up. Never could place an order with them. Anyway...

Thanks everyone. I am going with the advice of the group. My fear was laying it directly against the glass, either on the bottom or up against the side so I decided to use the suction cups but as a base rather than requiring themto actually work...which they don't.

New 55 gallon tank. Started making water tonite!!!

I use a fully submersible one and also just lay it on the bottom.

Fosters and smith sells magnetic holders for heaters if you are truly concerned about it holding to the wall. Just check to make sure that they are rated for the thickness of the acrlyic or glass used in your sump.

if it will fit it the bubble trap and not stop flow that is a good spot

no you need a submergeble one to lay it on the bottom

although there is a "do not submerge past this line" mark, i do the same thing.

I just lay mine in there... and that's it... they go to the bottom

OK. After several people have said "Huh," I have decided it is possible I don't know what I am talking about. Therefore I took the light apart and learned this:

- it has two fulham workhouse 5 ballasts in it, part number wh5-120-L and says it is approved for 128 maximum watts on each one. It currently has one 4 pin straight-line Jebo 55w blue and one 4 pin straight-line CA PL-L 55w 6500K white bulbs (plus the tube which everyone seems to think is a moon light.) Each ballast has an additional 4 pin plug that I intend to order two more bulbs for.

- My current plan is to purchase 50/50 55w white\actinic bulbs from jebo.com. They are $22 there which is considerably cheaper than other places I've looked. (plus shipping)

Thx for reading

moonlight is for your night cycle it should be on when you turn off your main lights. Does the bulb have a wattage rating on it. I have not seen a pc/t5 combo either

thx for your responses. It is a glass tube running the length of the whole fixture. How do I use a moon light? I looked on melev's reef for the article on lighting but couldn't find it. thx

I'm going to go with moonlight, since I've never really come across a power compact/t5 hybrid light... they're always either metal halide and t5 or metal halide and power compact it seems

sounds like a type of moonlight since it is wired separately, is it a glass tube or a string of leds

Bright, Someone here mentioned to me to put down egg crate and then rock... Food for thought. I was happy I did, one of the smaller pieces of rock moved and it fell onto the egg crate and cracked a piece of it, but, no discernible damage to the tank at point of impact. Will see soon enough, Water fill operations commence today.
Aaron

Originally Posted by briight

I've been thinking about doing that with some of the base rock that I bought. Maybe I'm overly concerned, but pointy rock parts on glass seems like a bad combination.

Thats a great idea!

I've been thinking about doing that with some of the base rock that I bought. Maybe I'm overly concerned, but pointy rock parts on glass seems like a bad combination.