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bendavis
11/24/2005, 06:03 PM
okay, so we have a 29g reef, and we were thinking about building a custom light hood, using our current PCs by shelling them, then adding a couple actinics, and hopefully, a MH. anyone have any good ideas about how to do this, and maybe looking to sell anything we could use for it? my electrician skills are terrible at best, so i probably wouldn't be able to follow extremely technical instructions... thanks in advance for your AWSOME advice ;).

-Ben
GotSalt?
11/24/2005, 06:22 PM
well my bro just went through the same decision over his 29. most ppl recomended a 175W MH and a few recomended a 250 W MH. but because heat was such an issue he decided to go with a 300W VHO setup off of hello lights hope this helps
BrokenSpoke
11/24/2005, 06:31 PM
You may want to also consider T5 lighting. More light than VHO's and less heat that a power compact
GotSalt?
11/24/2005, 06:36 PM
what is the price
jdallred
11/24/2005, 07:29 PM
If you are concerned about space you might look into a 150 watt double-ended setup.
JodiLynn
11/24/2005, 07:42 PM
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=714597

there are pics of the tank in that thread.

i havent heard many good things about T5s. i will have to look into them.
BrokenSpoke
11/24/2005, 11:31 PM
Take a look at www.reefgeek for T5 lighting prices and this thread for all the ins / outs on T5

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=679852