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| Plate Coral | Hanging Lights I want to get the 90 gallon Oceanic tech series tank. It will be fish only with live rock. The guy at the LFS suggested that lights hanging from the ceiling would be more dramatic. Do you agree? Have any photos to give me an idea of how this would look in my living room? |
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| Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glendale Hts. Illinois (Chicago transplant to humor my wife)
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| Re: Hanging Lights For a FOWLER it would be a matter of preference, but if you do get MH and hang them you will be all set up to add corals later if you want. If you get a PC fixture, it would need to be on legs over the tank and you would be limited to future use. As for the "drama" it depends on the look you like. |
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| Rabid Wolverine Reefer ![]() | Re: Hanging Lights hanging lights "light up" the room to much for my taste,,,i want the light in the tank, not around it.
__________________ ~Welcome to my nightmare~ I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. *Disclaimer* i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ |
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| Rabid Wolverine Reefer ![]() | Re: Hanging Lights pendant lights
__________________ ~Welcome to my nightmare~ I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. *Disclaimer* i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ |
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| Plate Coral | Re: Hanging Lights these T5 lights any good? I want to have great light for my FOWLR tank...but i also want something energy efficient. My OLD tank had a white bulb and an actinic...I likedit...Bu t iwant something bright yet I still want to have some actinic as well and this one also has lunar lights too . You guys like this one? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...8x004 &ctt=61 |
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| Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glendale Hts. Illinois (Chicago transplant to humor my wife)
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| Re: Hanging Lights T5 is a step up from PC and will work great for a FOWLER and even some corals, I would go with 2 actinics, 1 6500k and 1 10000k bulbs, that will give you good spectrum from yellowish, white and blue. |
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| Sunshine Reefer ![]() | Re: Hanging Lights Personally I don't like the look of pendants in most cases. I have seen a couple of setups where they look really cool but for my use I bought a light that has mh and pc. If you don't want a reef you should be just fine with PC lights. If you think you may change your mind then go with either T5 or MH. Not sure how deep your tank is but T5 or even a good amount of PC lights should be fine for softies.
__________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash. |
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| The CodFather ~ | Re: Hanging Lights Sifiligoi just came out with a beautifull t5 pendant..don't know what your budget is...this may be 'over the top'
__________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine |
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