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Maxx · 09-22-2004, 12:45 PM

I still think that 400w Mogul based bulbs are unnecessary. Sanjay himself has said that he would have gone w/ 250 watt HQI DE's if he didnt have the money tied up in a newer 400 watt set up. He's found that you get essentially 5/6 ths of the PAR values, for something like 2/3rds of the energy usage. (I know, I know...fractions suck.....carry the one...etc). I'm definately interested in the studies that are gonna be done on the 400 watt HQI DE's though...that might be really nice for a deeper tank.

Now that we've completely hijacked this thread.......
Nick

09-22-2004, 12:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
Maxx Manta Ray Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St Louis Mo Posts: 3,079 View Gallery Karma Komment	I still think that 400w Mogul based bulbs are unnecessary. Sanjay himself has said that he would have gone w/ 250 watt HQI DE's if he didnt have the money tied up in a newer 400 watt set up. He's found that you get essentially 5/6 ths of the PAR values, for something like 2/3rds of the energy usage. (I know, I know...fractions suck.....carry the one...etc). I'm definately interested in the studies that are gonna be done on the 400 watt HQI DE's though...that might be really nice for a deeper tank. Now that we've completely hijacked this thread....... Nick __________________ "Chaos, confusion, despair...my work is done here." ...Some guy named Murphy.... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Reef Sanctuary Knowledgebase (Answers to all your questions and then some!)