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Old 01/07/2008, 08:03 PM
McLaughlin4 McLaughlin4 is offline
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Help

I have a light just need the right tank. I have a 250 watt DE MH retro kit now If you were gonna used that over a cubed tank what kind of tank is best? And where would you get it . THanks for the help


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Old 01/07/2008, 08:15 PM
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250watts is a lot of light over a nano tank. If you want to stay nano I would recomend a 30gallon cube otherwise I would get a 24x24x24 cube but that's on the order of 60 gallons I believe and might be to big if your posting in the nano forums.
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Old 01/07/2008, 08:23 PM
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I say 30 cube if you are set on "nano" other wise a 45 gallon oceanic tech tank would be the next step. Up to you through.
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Old 01/07/2008, 09:06 PM
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37g AGA column. Same footprint at a 30g Oceanic cube but a bit taller...make every use of that 250 watts!
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Old 01/07/2008, 09:11 PM
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250 watts! Sheesh my 24g nanocube has a 150w over it and it has about 7 watts per gallon.
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Old 01/08/2008, 07:02 PM
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Old 01/08/2008, 07:06 PM
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My bad. Yeah 6 watts.
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Old 01/08/2008, 07:07 PM
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I use a 250 mh over a wedge 54 bow, with 2 actinics.
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