right now its a homemade setup ghetto as hell. homemade wooden canopy and wired up the dual 175w metal halide lighting myself. got too hot inside so i keep the lid open with kitchen hand towels shading the lights from making the room too bright held in place by stones placed on the canopy (im not joking) cheapo aluminum reflector thats now starting to peal and old school tar ballasts which make my setup incompatible with most modern bulbs. really its a wonder anything grows at all but i have alot of montis growing.
im looking for a new lighting system. basically a self contained hood that rests above the tank on legs but has enough height for me to be able to work in the tank (i hear some systems have legs too short to allow you to work in the tank)
are 150k hqi comparable to 175w regular halides?
id like a combo halide/ actinic system (power compacts or vho, doesnt matter)
and yes i know you can run 20k's but i want the real actinics.
people were telling me about corallife, helios, etc. i dont know whats good.
fans are very important to get the heat away from the tank because im not running a chiller, i just have a fan blowing across the lights.
the tank is a 4ft long 60gal
any advice would be appreciated.
im looking for a new lighting system. basically a self contained hood that rests above the tank on legs but has enough height for me to be able to work in the tank (i hear some systems have legs too short to allow you to work in the tank)
are 150k hqi comparable to 175w regular halides?
id like a combo halide/ actinic system (power compacts or vho, doesnt matter)
and yes i know you can run 20k's but i want the real actinics.
people were telling me about corallife, helios, etc. i dont know whats good.
fans are very important to get the heat away from the tank because im not running a chiller, i just have a fan blowing across the lights.
the tank is a 4ft long 60gal
any advice would be appreciated.
