"In the Marine Society meetings that LeRoy and I presented we learned some valuable facts that I feel need to be shared with you. I have been strongly pushing VHO lighting after your system has grown coralline algae and is ready for some serious coral grow out. I must stay I have had my share of debates over this topic, considering the investment made by many when doing what the books tell them and putting medal halides over their tanks. Stanley Brown reported that there was a sps coral raising challenge that allowed anyone to enter to see what conditions the sps corals would grow best in. The one person who wanted to partake in this venture who had VHO's was almost turned away because it was felt at that time that those lights could not sustain these animals. All other entries where MH lighting. Guess who won, this test was run for an entire year and yes!!!!! go VHO, it grew the corals bigger, healthier and more colorful.
