Two new Hamilton 250 w pendants.
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Why? What do you need the LED for? The coral doesn't need them - the 14K will give them everything that they need. The LED would be want, not a need, so don't feel bad for the coral if you have to wait a while to afford what you want since they would just be for you.
This is a little bit of a tangent, but not totally: many people a year or two ago when MH started to really come back into fashion kept their LED fixtures with the "best of both worlds" thought. Many did not realize that their LED fixtures were still hurting the coral a bit for whatever reason (I don't want to get into that) and saw even more gains when they removed the LEDs altogether. Some added T5s instead and some just used the MH. In any case, you don't need a LED with a high quality MH setup.
This is a little bit of a tangent, but not totally: many people a year or two ago when MH started to really come back into fashion kept their LED fixtures with the "best of both worlds" thought. Many did not realize that their LED fixtures were still hurting the coral a bit for whatever reason (I don't want to get into that) and saw even more gains when they removed the LEDs altogether. Some added T5s instead and some just used the MH. In any case, you don't need a LED with a high quality MH setup.
Hey Doug - How long would he run the halides for if he has no other lighting supplementation? I am adding a 150w MH over a biocube and was thinking of doing 4 hours of halide and 4 hours of T5's (which I don't have yet). But if I don't have to buy anything else I'd like to just run the halide. But would I then run the halide for all 8 hours and leave the tank dark the other 16 hours?
I run my halides for 9 hours. Off and on with a simple light timer. That is all. I used to use some VHO, and might again, but I would still run the halides for at least 8 hours.
They only time that I would ever turn the halides off is if the water would not stay cool... but I don't live in the midwest here anymore and I don't have small tanks and the heat is a blessing here in Colorado. I would watch the heat of a 150 on a biocube in the summer, but otherwise, just run it the whole time.
They only time that I would ever turn the halides off is if the water would not stay cool... but I don't live in the midwest here anymore and I don't have small tanks and the heat is a blessing here in Colorado. I would watch the heat of a 150 on a biocube in the summer, but otherwise, just run it the whole time.
