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  1. 1. Which type of light would u buy?

    • Normal Output (NO) Fluorescent
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    • Very High Output (VHO) Fluorescent
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    • Power Compact (PC) Fluorescent
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    • T5
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    • Metal Halide
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johntanjm Newbie

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MH gives a nice water ripple effect which I feel makes the aquarium look very natural! Only draw back is temperature. wattage wise, lighting a 3ft with 4xT5 is even more power consuming then a single 150W MH

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I will also consider that MH is more of a 'spot' lighting, that if your tank is 3ft and more, you may need more than 1 MH bulb to cover the length of your tank. Whereas T5 spreads lighting over the length of it.

Hence a trade of between PAR and coverage, imo.

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you can get a decent reflector to spread the light from MH. For 3 ft, one mh should do the job.

Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow

Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector

Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262

FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000

Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000

Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber

Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500

Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil

Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w

Controller : GHL Profilux

Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes

Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator

External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox

Ozonizer : Sander C50

UV : Corallife 6x

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mousecat11 Newbie

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no Doubt MH is one of the highest intensive lighting so far in the market, but i think of the electricity running cost is also a major concern... plus MH give off so much heat that you can even cook your egg with it.!!

the MH heated up the water, and you chiller have to run more often to cool down the temp, and this go on and go..

so if there is really a need, i think T5 electricity s good enough.. espceially since the electricity charges just went up again .. sigh.

My 2ft Tank

Tank specification ;

1) 8 mm glass with external overflow tank

2) 8 mm sump tank

3) Main return pump - AB 3000 ( 45 W )

4) Chiller main return pump - AB 2000i ( 18 W )

5) Chiller - Artica titanium chiller 1/10 HP ( 75 W)

6) Wave maker - tunze 6206 nano wavebox ( 10 W only ! )

7) Skimmer - H & S skimmer with AB needle wheel ( 18 W )

8) CR - RM Calcium reactor with AB 1000 ( 10W )

9) Denitirator - RM suplur Dnitirator with maxi jet pump ( 12 W )

10 ) Lighting - Lumen Auqa LED lighting ( 48 W only ! )

11) Hailei ozone generator ( 7 W )

12) Oceanus 2 x 2ft LED lighting ( 14 W) for chaeto planting

13) Tunze 6025 ( 6 W)

14) Skimz FR with rowa

TOTAL ; 263 W !!!

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Need to update thread to include LED...if got the capital i will go for LED over MH...

Just went to ML today and find out that there is this new series of the LumenAqua Ocean LED High power LED lighting from oceanus..

He told me can give me better price than what other is selling :eyebrow:

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Need to update thread to include LED...if got the capital i will go for LED over MH...

Just went to ML today and find out that there is this new series of the LumenAqua Ocean LED High power LED lighting from oceanus..

He told me can give me better price than what other is selling :eyebrow:

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mousecat11 Newbie

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A good LED bulb and ballast itself is not cheap, which is the main reason why LED lighting is still so expensive after so long even if you try getting those D.I.Y unit.. maybe with the increase of the numbers of reefer changing into LED lighting, prices will then start to fall..

it is just like T5 lighting use to cost alot when it just started, but slowly when more and more people started using it price begin to falll and it is more affordable now.

My 2ft Tank

Tank specification ;

1) 8 mm glass with external overflow tank

2) 8 mm sump tank

3) Main return pump - AB 3000 ( 45 W )

4) Chiller main return pump - AB 2000i ( 18 W )

5) Chiller - Artica titanium chiller 1/10 HP ( 75 W)

6) Wave maker - tunze 6206 nano wavebox ( 10 W only ! )

7) Skimmer - H & S skimmer with AB needle wheel ( 18 W )

8) CR - RM Calcium reactor with AB 1000 ( 10W )

9) Denitirator - RM suplur Dnitirator with maxi jet pump ( 12 W )

10 ) Lighting - Lumen Auqa LED lighting ( 48 W only ! )

11) Hailei ozone generator ( 7 W )

12) Oceanus 2 x 2ft LED lighting ( 14 W) for chaeto planting

13) Tunze 6025 ( 6 W)

14) Skimz FR with rowa

TOTAL ; 263 W !!!

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Go for LED but make sure you get the right one.

Any one who tell you LED is cheap is definitely not selling you the right thing.

It is definitely not cheap to invest but with your running cost down by about 40%

and no parts changes for the next 50,000 hours you will benefit from the investment soon

6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08)
4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09)
5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)
2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm)

5*2.5*2(LED only)

Eheim return 1 * pump

1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil
2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40,
1X6085 Tunze wm,

1 CURVE 7 Skimmer

  1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 

1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3

Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium

1 Full spectrum E27 led light

1 CR control by bubble count

Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016

Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft 

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