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Old 10/11/2007, 10:15 PM
cook cook is offline
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Lighting for aussie acans

What lights are you guys keeping these colors under?
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Old 10/11/2007, 10:29 PM
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I have mine under 250xm 20k's and 400xm 20k's and i have to say i really like the color under the 400's better. The colors are much more pronounced and the polyps are huge. I have them from mid tank all the way down to the bottom of the tank. Hope that helps.
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Old 10/11/2007, 10:45 PM
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Helps alot. Thanks
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Old 10/11/2007, 11:25 PM
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I have mine under 150mh 20k's. They don't have much choice. Colors and polyp extension is great.
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Old 10/12/2007, 09:03 AM
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I have them under 150 20k , 150 10k and 250 20k and they all grow fine under each but the ones under the 150 10k are washed out in color just a bit but they grow just fine. For keeping the great colors I would go 20k any wattage.
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Old 10/12/2007, 08:03 PM
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250 14k, colors are great and growth is good
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Old 10/12/2007, 09:47 PM
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150 mh 14k it is amazing
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Old 10/13/2007, 05:46 AM
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Using 250 12K Reeflux. Growth is good.
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Old 10/13/2007, 09:22 AM
vessxpress1 vessxpress1 is offline
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Tek 4 x 39w T-5s. Sfigioli actinic, 10,000k, 12,000k and a blue +. That's it on mine and they are growing and the colors have remained fantastic. Some colors have even gotten better. I have a few on the bottom of the tank and they're fine. I also feed them once in a while.

I will use a 6 bulb configuration on my next tank if I don't go with halides.
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