killagoby
03/24/2007, 03:43 PM
I currently have 130w of PC lighting over my 29 gallon tank. The tank is mostly LPS's, blastos, Acans, Brains, with some mushrooms and zoos. I'm looking in to this 150w MH lighting fixture. I would lose my actinic lights, but I might have some gains using MH (coloration and growth). Here are the things I am concerned about::
1. Heat- I already evaporate 1 gallon of water per day with my PC lights.
2. Burning some of the corals. Some of my LPS's are lower light.
3. Losing the dawn/dusk cycle even though the 14,000K bulb should take the place of the actinic durning the day. The light does have 6 white and 6 blue moonlights so I can replicate some different lighting conditions.
How can I avoid some of the problems listed above? The light will be placed right over the tank on legs.
1. Heat- I already evaporate 1 gallon of water per day with my PC lights.
2. Burning some of the corals. Some of my LPS's are lower light.
3. Losing the dawn/dusk cycle even though the 14,000K bulb should take the place of the actinic durning the day. The light does have 6 white and 6 blue moonlights so I can replicate some different lighting conditions.
How can I avoid some of the problems listed above? The light will be placed right over the tank on legs.