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Craig Lambert · 12-07-2005, 09:28 PM

jimiluiz, how are you?,

Your tank must be about 3 1/2 years old by now, and I bet it looks great! I see you are running 660 wats of vho! I had been giving some thought to metal halides since I'm setting up again, but have decided to stay with my old vho set-up of 630 watts vho. You must be running twin ballasts as I did right? I like the moving lines on the sand that halides provide, but running a 6 bulb vho set-up is pretty stunning from an asthetic standpoint. I see you are also keeping a clam, which I've been told is fine under that amount of vho.

The one thing I'm not thrilled with is having to get a new sump. I had one made in SF by ***** (the store we discussed long ago), and it bowed something terrible. I was re-measuring it today and noticed that it was made of 1/4" acrylic, which was too thin for its size.

We are really enjoying living up here! I enjoy it much better than the contra costa burbs, but will always hold fond memories of my 10 years on Russian Hill. (Mairrage and kids caused the move out of the city).

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Craig Lambert Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 92 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELLO from a former jimiluiz, how are you?, Your tank must be about 3 1/2 years old by now, and I bet it looks great! I see you are running 660 wats of vho! I had been giving some thought to metal halides since I'm setting up again, but have decided to stay with my old vho set-up of 630 watts vho. You must be running twin ballasts as I did right? I like the moving lines on the sand that halides provide, but running a 6 bulb vho set-up is pretty stunning from an asthetic standpoint. I see you are also keeping a clam, which I've been told is fine under that amount of vho. The one thing I'm not thrilled with is having to get a new sump. I had one made in SF by ***** (the store we discussed long ago), and it bowed something terrible. I was re-measuring it today and noticed that it was made of 1/4" acrylic, which was too thin for its size. We are really enjoying living up here! I enjoy it much better than the contra costa burbs, but will always hold fond memories of my 10 years on Russian Hill. (Mairrage and kids caused the move out of the city). Last edited by Craig Lambert : 12-07-2005 at 11:04 PM.