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jfloydr
09/15/2004, 07:22 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/335985_5-gallon.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/335985_5-Full.jpg
WILDTHING
09/15/2004, 08:18 PM
Very cool, what kind of CF's are you using?

colleen
RUFISHY2
09/15/2004, 08:53 PM
Rock On!
jfloydr
09/15/2004, 08:54 PM
They are Coralife 20w PC 50/50 screw in bulbs.
jfloydr
09/15/2004, 08:58 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/33598Devils-hand.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/33598Shroom.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/33598Ric.jpg
jfloydr
09/15/2004, 09:26 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/33598achilles.jpg
AL ur Pal
09/15/2004, 10:28 PM
oh no.... 40w isnt enough, u need to squeeze a 175w MH in there!!

YA RIGHT!

For all the light fanatics, theres a beautiful reef with 40w... Nice reef jfloydr!
flamron
09/15/2004, 10:35 PM
What type of lighting is that exactly. How much and where did you find all that? Kicking around starting up a nano and am looking for a cheap lighting solution. Also, do you skim or just feed lightly? Thanks.
jfloydr
09/16/2004, 05:49 AM
I've got a tetratec 150 w/ heater. the lights are coralife 20W PC 50/50 screw in bulbs. mounted with home depot shop light bells with clamps. whole setup for lights was about $35
DarkDweller
09/16/2004, 07:48 AM
hey jeff did you do that fish with photoshop? or is that just a really really small tang
StinkyNappy
09/16/2004, 07:51 AM
ROFL!
DarkDweller
09/16/2004, 08:00 AM
better watch out the tang police might bust you.

You should post that somewhere where thell read it and put like :
my new tang in my nano: as the title
manderx
09/16/2004, 10:59 AM
are you planning on making a hood for it? only a *small* percentage of the light is actually going into the tank as it is...

it's certainly enough wattage if you can make an efficent reflector. i had a ~3 gallon nano years ago with 4 9w PC bulbs that had no problems with a clam and acro.
jfloydr
09/16/2004, 04:17 PM
I'm going to probably make a cardboard hood lined with aluminum foil. I gotta keep it ghetto
WILDTHING
09/16/2004, 06:00 PM
I always wonderded why reflectors aren't made out of mirror, It would be a bit heavy but for something smallish it seams doable.
When they advertise you always hear things like "polished to a mirror finnish". Just wondering


colleen
flamron
09/16/2004, 07:38 PM
I am not sure, but in my mind, I think that a metallic reflector would have more than one angle. Seems that a mirror would just shoot it straight back into the bulb. Just my weird brain though, I am probably wrong.
manderx
09/17/2004, 09:51 AM
someone did tests a long time ago and found that even white paint did a better job of reflecting more overall light than a mirror does. mirrors just look like they reflect more because they don't disperse the light, and from the light having to go through a layer of glass twice.
jfloydr
09/17/2004, 05:25 PM
Hey manderx thanks for the plug in your sig