Looking for lighting for a 6ft tank

DamnPepShrimp · #1 01/07/2008, 12:00 PM

I have my 110g (72x18x19.5) set up as a FO right now and I am considering adding corals to it. I will be taking a risk with angels, but I'd love to have both, see what corals work with what fish. I am only keeping LPS, softies, shrooms, zoos etc, absolutely no expensive twigs (SPS). So I don't need metal halides and PC's are kinda to weak for me. I'd really like HO T5s. I don't know if they come in a 6ft or I'd have to get two 3ft T5 strips. I have a 5ft HO dual 80w T5 strip right now, but don't know if that is enough, especially since my tank is 6ft. I don't know if I'll only need dual 6ft length of lights, or 4 (meaning two 3fts or 4 3fts). If anyone has any kind of lighting for a 6ft tank for sale, let me know, I may consider halides, maybe a dual 175w or hqi, nothing too expensive though, otherwise I'll just get two 3ft T5s from TPP from their sale for cheap. As far as pick up goes, I don't want to drive really much farther then an hour from 19707, pick up at THR or TPP would be great too. Thanks everyone!

a1amap · #2 01/07/2008, 12:12 PM

Send a pm to alemab3 AKA Mike. He had greeneyeblackcat's old light which was made out of aircraft alum. He had it for sale a couple months back. I think he still has it. It had 4 175 watt MH bulbs and it was setup to turn on 2 at a time. I think it also had 2 actinic bulbs built in.
Al

a1amap · #3 01/07/2008, 12:14 PM

Also pm ronert if you want t5 ballasts he has them at a great price. He bought too many and was selling off the extras. Maybe work out a trade for coral frags?

DamnPepShrimp · #4 01/07/2008, 12:26 PM

Wow, 4 halides!? That is way to much! I'd be overkill with two, since I am not doing SPS. I'd love T5's to keep the electric bill down. I think I saw ronert selling them, I'd have to talk to them, hopefully he has 2 dual 3ft T5 ballasts. I just hope that would be enough light? Opinions? Thanks for your help Al.

Jocephus · #5 01/07/2008, 09:33 PM

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1269625

let's see if that works...

DamnPepShrimp · #6 01/07/2008, 11:17 PM

Thanks for the light joe. Probably a bit much for me and a little pricey. Since my tank is acrylic, it only has two openings on the top and I don't see a need for the third halide in the middle.