Hi guys,
I used to run a 10K 250W Ushio on my 65 gal reef. I recently switched to a 20K radium 250W (on an Icecap ballast) and I like it far more than the 10K. The color is a much more crisp blue. I find that it really brings out the colors better in my corals and seems to help prevent the...
here's my story:
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69663
but, I added the trigger to an established reef; I did not build the reef around the trigger.
I have it all in my 65 gallon. I have really been getting into the Sinularias, Lemnalias, Sarcophytons, and Nepthea recently and will actually probably phase the SPS out of my system!
pathos
you can keep both, but at opposite ends of the tank and with the MH over the SPS and not the LPS and softies. here's a pic of my 65 gallon with a little bit of everything:
HTH, pathos