SamatSLS

A 250W lamp wouldn't even fit... Radium makes a 150W HQI lamp now, you should get that. It's pretty nice. Any of the local shops can get you one.

cgrant, Go for the Actinic+ from Geisemann. It's gonna give you the most blue and the most punch with your 14K bulbs.. Sam

72" T5 high output lamps are not available anywhere. A ballast doesn't exist for it. 60" is the longest you'll find, and that's actually what I would use on your tank. Fluorescent lamps spread light well enough to where you wouldn't notice the 12" in your aquarium without the bulb directly over it. I'm running a 3' 6 lamp on my 4' 90. You would never be able to tell if I had the canopy closed. 60" lamps are the brightest lamps inch x inch available as well. They run on 80W each. If you doubled the lamps, say you decided to run 3' lamps side x side, that's still less wattage, 78W. Then you need to start considering lamp replacement costs, and it would just be expensive! I would run 4 x 80W as supplemental lighting. Giesemann is the only lamp manufacturer making these bulbs, so I would pick 2 80W Pure Actinic, and 2 80W Actinic+ One of each of either side of the halides, preferably Actinic+ in position 1 and 3 front to back. You can run a pair of Ice-Cap 660's or Workhorse 7 ballasts for this. Advance makes a 1x80W ballasts as well. The Workhorse 7 can run 2 80W T5's, and is the cheapest option. (Works great though) Hope to help. Sam

I'm not shooting for at least 10 of the green things. It'll make my life complete. 18 and 4! Yeeeah!!

Shane, I've done it many times without issues, it works like a champ. Just be careful not to breathe it. You wanna make sure you rinse well when you finish. Sam

Whatever it takes!

I've never dilluted it. I just toss it in there, wait about 1 minute and start scrapin'.... Immediately rinse everything with hose water.... I've always just laid the tank on the side I'm cleaning and then rotate and start over.... Hope to help. Sam

Guess what??? THIS IS SPARTA!!!!! (300)

Those are sick. Travis has some nice stuff in there right now. The aussie stuff he got looks awesome. I wish I wasn't a broke *** right now.

It's about time I sat down for an old school movie night. Bill and Ted's excellent adventure, anyone?

Now it's 90... And 80 of them are useless.

4 greens now... What am I doing right? lol. Maybe starting a thread with 90 replies helps?

Warrant, That's how I thought it worked also...

I'm gonna hit 300 by the end of the day. In the words of Brian Wheeler, "Do it, do it, do it till your satisfied!!" and "BATUM SHAKALAKA!"

I truly appreciate it.

Thank you for telling me that.

In this case, cool.

16 with 3 green squares. I'm ballin' now. cool

ok I magically got a 3rd green square thing. Someone tell me how this works!

Andy, a guy I consider a veteran hit # 2000 with this thread.... Unfortunately CA2OR is gonna blow that away in his rookie season. UN-cool.

I also love that quote

525. lol. Cool....

cool......