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I'm torn trying to decide how to light my 75g SPS tank.
I have 3 PFO spider reflector knockoffs
2 Magnetec cap/coil 400w ballasts
1 hamilton 400w cap/coil, guessing it's an advance ballast
My favorite setup I've owned, was 2 400w iwasaki, and 3 vho actnic, I ran this on a 100g I had a few years ago.
My goal is similar light, without using actinics, they are a pain fitting into the canopy, PC actinics are not an option, I hate them.
I was thinking of running 2 400w Radiums in the standard spots, bulbs pointing forward, suplimented with 1 400w iwasaki dead center of tank, bulb mounted slightly lower, with a simple dimple reflector, so the color is diffused across the tank better, I would skip the 400w iwasaki if I could, are the 12kk bulbs out really a cross in color between 10kk and radiums?
I wasnt totally sure the radiums would work on a cap/coil, or which side of the spectrum they would lean towards.
My fallback setup is 2x400w iwasaki's and 3-4 URI vho actinics, I get excellent growth with the iwasaki's, but they really need the actinics to look the way I want them, it's a pita fitting all those bulbs in a 48x18" canopy though
I have 3 PFO spider reflector knockoffs
2 Magnetec cap/coil 400w ballasts
1 hamilton 400w cap/coil, guessing it's an advance ballast
My favorite setup I've owned, was 2 400w iwasaki, and 3 vho actnic, I ran this on a 100g I had a few years ago.
My goal is similar light, without using actinics, they are a pain fitting into the canopy, PC actinics are not an option, I hate them.
I was thinking of running 2 400w Radiums in the standard spots, bulbs pointing forward, suplimented with 1 400w iwasaki dead center of tank, bulb mounted slightly lower, with a simple dimple reflector, so the color is diffused across the tank better, I would skip the 400w iwasaki if I could, are the 12kk bulbs out really a cross in color between 10kk and radiums?
I wasnt totally sure the radiums would work on a cap/coil, or which side of the spectrum they would lean towards.
My fallback setup is 2x400w iwasaki's and 3-4 URI vho actinics, I get excellent growth with the iwasaki's, but they really need the actinics to look the way I want them, it's a pita fitting all those bulbs in a 48x18" canopy though
