I changed tanks about 8 months ago, moving from a 90 gal to a 120 RR tank. I have been using the canopy from my 90 with (2) 250 MH with AB bulbs and (2) 110 w URI actinic VHO.
The front of the tank is doing great, all 4 clams happy with good color on my SPS. The back of the tank isn?t doing as well as old canopy doest cover the back 6 " of the tank.
I am now ready to build a new canopy but have a few questions for the group.
Do I stick with my current lighting and recenter the MH in the new canopy adding more VHO as space allows? Or add more MH, either more lamps or higher output. I do plan on buying a new ballast for a frag tank so I could add a 400W to the display and move a 250 to the frag tank. I am running icecap ballasts
I am also torn between T5s and VHO, I really like the color of the URI actinic but would like to have a quality reflector like available for the T5s.
Thanks
Jeff
The front of the tank is doing great, all 4 clams happy with good color on my SPS. The back of the tank isn?t doing as well as old canopy doest cover the back 6 " of the tank.
I am now ready to build a new canopy but have a few questions for the group.
Do I stick with my current lighting and recenter the MH in the new canopy adding more VHO as space allows? Or add more MH, either more lamps or higher output. I do plan on buying a new ballast for a frag tank so I could add a 400W to the display and move a 250 to the frag tank. I am running icecap ballasts
I am also torn between T5s and VHO, I really like the color of the URI actinic but would like to have a quality reflector like available for the T5s.
Thanks
Jeff