Hog Head

Which is better, single or double ended?

Thanks to all for the warm welcome.

I thought about that one, but 750 watts on a 18" deep tank? Would my mushrooms and other softies survive that much light?

Everything from all the softies I have to the LPS/SPS I don't have.

How much for the tank and stand?

I would if I could get it in a 16 bulb fixture. The 12 bulb units would only be 468 watts if they were all white bulbs. Put 2 actinics and you only have 390 watts. I had thought about 2 36" Tek-lights but unlike the 48" units they are only 6 bulbs each, so it would be the same situation as the Nova Extreme.

Hello, I just posted my first post but thought I would post a "Hello from a newby" post also. I have been doing FW for almost 30 years and I have wanted to try SW for as long as I can remember. I have had the 29 gal setup below going for almost a year now and I am looking forward to stepping up to a 100 gallon tank soon. I look forward to the time I will be spending on this site and all of you that I will be meeting along the way. Gene

First off this is my first post here and I would like to say that this has been an excellent site so far. I have been into FW tanks since I was a kid and decided it was time to try saltwater. I recently bought a 100 gal. tank 72x18x18 All-Glass off of craigs list to replace my 29 gal reef I have had running for about a year now. I know that there are several options for lighting, but not so many MH/T5HO combo units out there. The units I am considering are: Marineland's 72" 3x150 14K MH/8x39w T5HO or AquaticLife's 3x150w 10K HID/4x39w T5HO. I have never had a tank of this size and I am unsure of which lighting would be the best. http://www.marineland.com/sites/Marineland/products/productdetail.aspx?id=2054&cid=3617&mid=3228 http://www.aquaticlife.com/hid/index.html Bulbs for the HID fixture come in 10k, 14k and 20k. I also thought about using Sunlight Supply's products and make my own but the cost would actually would be more. Thaks in advance for any help, Gene