CA2OR Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I just thought I would share with you guys my recent upgrade to my tank...my lights. I had a JBJ Viper2 150w MH 20k as seen here and I just upgraded to a Coralife Pro 250w MH 15k with 2x65w PC Actinic's seen here with only the MH running I will post a few more pics of the light with the actinic's only on, MH and Actinic's and underside of light when out. I do have one question though. Is there such thing as having too much lighting in LED's for moonlights? I will have to post pic to show what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 It looks like it's almost too much light! What size is your tank? Do you have some screening on your tank to acclimate everything to the new lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 the tank is a 36g with 30 in front for display. I took this pic without anything protecting the corals just to show how bright the difference is. I am protecting my corals when using the new light. I haven't been using in lately, back to my 150, because I cracked my 250w bulb. I am using a recommendation from Dsoz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's certainly a huge difference in brightness! That's a shame about the cracked bulb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 tell me about it. I actually cracked it troubleshooting the ballast for the PC's.DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 so here is light from bottom side with new ballast and actinic's. You can see the damage to the MH though. New bulb should arrive today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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