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Jim,

Love your sps jungle ......Slow and steady .... so much variety ........ that's the nano way ...grow from frag .... :D

Didn't know you have switch back to MH from T5 .... so what is opinion on the T5 - is it ATI or other brands that you are using ? share with us why you suddenly make the switch ?

I am thinking of 8 tube of ATI T5 for my coming 2.5 ft tank with 2 ft height - any tips ?

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Jim,

Love your sps jungle ......Slow and steady .... so much variety ........ that's the nano way ...grow from frag .... :D

Didn't know you have switch back to MH from T5 .... so what is opinion on the T5 - is it ATI or other brands that you are using ?

I am thinking of 8 tube of ATI T5 for my coming 2.5 ft tank with 2 ft height - any tips ?

:lol: Gary, glad u like it...not jungle lar....just mini forest patch... :P

Not really tips but maybe we can all learn from each other's experience.......

The T5 i used previously was 4x 2ft Aquaz....the ATI lamps should be the best....i had not tried those but i believe price goes with quality also......for sps with T5, what i feel is to keep the lights low and the sps high up...the nearer the better....personally i would prefer to use combinations of 6ks and 20ks, and if possible....i would make it submissible (like NAN lights) so that the part on light breaking into water surface will avoided..(may want to think abt it also for frag tank).. but i know this would add heat to the tank water but what the heck.....just some of my tots there, hope it helps..... ;)

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:lol: Gary, glad u like it...not jungle lar....just mini forest patch... :P

Not really tips but maybe we can all learn from each other's experience.......

The T5 i used previously was 4x 2ft Aquaz....the ATI lamps should be the best....i had not tried those but i believe price goes with quality also......for sps with T5, what i feel is to keep the lights low and the sps high up...the nearer the better....personally i would prefer to use combinations of 6ks and 20ks, and if possible....i would make it submissible (like NAN lights) so that the part on light breaking into water surface will avoided..(may want to think abt it also for frag tank).. but i know this would add heat to the tank water but what the heck.....just some of my tots there, hope it helps..... ;)

Oh and the reason i changed back to MH is becos

1. Some of my clams died on me (i dont really know if it's the lights and i was very sad)... :cry:

2. Some sps just couldnt color up...like the blue branching digi (i think it really needed the par)....the color improved with MH... :ooh:

3. A reefer put up a good offer for the AquaSunlight.....so i grabbed it...

:lol:

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:lol: Gary, glad u like it...not jungle lar....just mini forest patch... :P

Not really tips but maybe we can all learn from each other's experience.......

The T5 i used previously was 4x 2ft Aquaz....the ATI lamps should be the best....i had not tried those but i believe price goes with quality also......for sps with T5, what i feel is to keep the lights low and the sps high up...the nearer the better....personally i would prefer to use combinations of 6ks and 20ks, and if possible....i would make it submissible (like NAN lights) so that the part on light breaking into water surface will avoided..(may want to think abt it also for frag tank).. but i know this would add heat to the tank water but what the heck.....just some of my tots there, hope it helps..... ;)

Wah your idea getting wild and fetish ..... :lol::lol: no wonder your wife complains ....

I have a approx 6K under water lamp from my fountain ... and they are really Hot after some time ..... I think your chiller will work non-stop .....

So the trick is to bring the light near the surface .... I think I saw a tank recently with 16 tube of ATI ..... and the sandbed was bright like hell ....the depth was 2ft tank size 4 x 4 ft ..... maybe supercede with more light tube to compensate for depth loss ...hmmm ...

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