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  1. I hear ya. Kinda a inside joke. Looking good man. How the coral you got from me doing. Is your Idaho Grape growing. Mine is, like mad
  2. Looking good Todd. Hay when you going to frag this one By tstumbo
  3. SOME MORE By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo Here are some shots just installed. Lowering it down each week. By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo
  4. Some updated shots. Build of a new canopy. Two lunmen Brights and one luminarc. Tryed to use the lumenarc because I had one laying around. By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo By tstumbo
  5. Nice avatar. I have 5 of them. I didnt think you could run XMs on HQI. How long have you ran them.
  6. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from HQI) Hydrargyrum quartz iodide (HQI) is a special type of high-intensity discharge (or HID) lighting, where the light is produced using a very high voltage electrical arc through a gas. The "H" in "HQI" comes from hydrargyrum, the Latin name for the element mercury. When heated, mercury vapour is created inside the bulb, and deposited when it cools. An HQI lamp consists of a protective outer glass shield surrounding two heavy wires which are inserted into each end of a smaller inner bulb containing a gas. The lamp is powered by an electrical ballast, which regulates the current flow through the arc in the smaller inner bulb. Like all HID lamps, HQI lamps operate under high pressure and heat, and require special light fixtures for safe use. HQI lamps can produce different color temperatures when manufactured with different metal halides. They are relatively efficient light sources producing a high lumen/watt ratio (approximately 6x that of incandescent bulbs). Like HMI, HQI lamps are subsets (or types) of metal halide lamps, which in turn are subsets of high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps. They should not be confused with quartz halogen light bulbs, which are a specialized type of incandescent light bulb.
  7. Some update info. Come to fine out lets call the place "bulbs R us". Bulbs R us sold me some bulbs that went bad. They said contact the mfg. I sent the bulbs to the MFG and they said there not our bulbs. With out getting to into it come to find out so far. Bulbs R us is taking the bulbs out and putting there own packaging on them. Still trying to get this resolved. I think the bulbs got put in the wrong packing thats why they fried in two weeks. What a mess this is becoming. Every one is pointing fingers and my tank looks like crap. Been over a week and no bulbs yet. Hell as it sits the bulbs are sitting at a MFG that has nothing to do with it. Should have stayed with PFO mag ballast. Ouch
  8. Two of them just got cooked and the other also cracked at the socket. They state that there HQI SE bulbs and thats what made me get them also the color. I sent them back and there sending me new ones. They couldnt replace them again if they were to do the same thing. Coral vue say there not HQI. The people selling them say they are (scratch). Could be a batch of bad bulbs
  9. Hi all. I have three 400watt HQI ballast. I ran three NEW Helios 20k SE bulbs. I fried all three in about three weeks. I went with HQI to over drive the bulbs. I found a place that sells Helios 400watt HQI single ended bulbs thinking great I wont have to replace them as quick from over driving them ( NOT ). I checked the ballast with some lower end bulbs from Eb%# for $9.99 and they are still up and running so I don't think its the ballast. I should say that the ballast are used and in great shape ( as far as the out sides ). I got the ballast from three different reefers. In a nut shell has anyone had a problem running Helios or any other bulb thats SE on a HQI ballast. Thanks/ Tracy
  10. Some newer shots Some of my clams A shot of some Frags in 125 tank More Misc shots My ZOA Farm
  11. Thanks all. Yes JSW, Lumen Brights w/400watt HQI SE bulbs, 20K Helios and 72" VHO. I have a PFO fixture on there now But not for long Michael7979. Thank you, its a great site. Here are some more. Taking down 150gal from in the house ( made MaMa happy LOL ) Rock work Skimmy working Over Time For fun some guy I found off freeway off ramp to help with setup for the day LOL
  12. Here is the tank with bulkheads A shot on were the tank is sitting ( to the right on counter) For fun. Some new fish and testing for leaks Here is the side by side setups
  13. Here are some shots of my 180 I would like to share. Its a 180gal. Had to drill 10 holes, 2 for feed baracuda and OM 8 way. Talk about scary, I just paid $700 for a new tank and to have to drill it 1hr later. The 180 sits next to a 125gal frag tank in garage with a 45gal over head refuge and a 45gal sump below. I will post pics later of the finished setups Here are the bits I used
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