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mdavis735
Mon, 1st Sep 2008, 08:26 PM
I set up a 90 gallon corner tank yesterday.I had a regular 55g before that.I mostly had a a few softies,a few lps,and a couple of sps.i plan to get more sps when everything gets going well.the lights i had on the 55 were a coralife fixture with 2 175 watt SE metal halides,and 2 96 watt pc bulbs for actinics.obviously this fixture will not work on the corner tank.does anyone have any good suggestions on what would be a good metal halide setup?
topsoil
Mon, 1st Sep 2008, 11:26 PM
We must be building 90s at the same time. hehe. I'm going with 2-250w mh retrofits in my hood. I might accent it with some actinics, but I haven't decided yet. I might wait to see how it looks first. I'm going to use 10k bulbs. Plus some moon lights.
mdavis735
Tue, 2nd Sep 2008, 10:07 AM
are you doing a regulare rectangle 90?i just bought and setup a 90 gallon oceanic corner tank.i have a light fixture that i am trying to sell that would have worked perfect on a rectangle one,but this corner tank i'm gonna have to do something different with.i'm thinking about a lumenarc reflector with a 400 what 12,000k reflux bulb.i have one 175 over it now just to hopefully be enought to get by till i sell my fixture and buy whatever i decide to do for long term
fishn
Tue, 2nd Sep 2008, 03:40 PM
I have a buddy in MD with a 90 gal corner with 2 of these over it and it looks great. He has 14K Phenix bulbs

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+8075+12112&pcatid=12112
topsoil
Tue, 2nd Sep 2008, 06:43 PM
Yep, Its a rectangular 90. Before I got the tank I picked up a used 400w PFO pendent, but the black bracing over the center is too wide and would have cast a large shadow. So I'm going with 2 250s instead.
dustint21
Tue, 2nd Sep 2008, 07:04 PM
I would do 2 of these! I have them on my tank and they are great for the money! They are small but cover a very nice area!!
http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1325
and this, depending on what bulb kelvin you choose for the MH's (actinic supplement)
http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=231
Good luck!
dustint21
Tue, 2nd Sep 2008, 07:17 PM
This is the same VHO setup only it cheaper!
http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=184
mdavis735
Wed, 3rd Sep 2008, 03:38 AM
thanks dustin i'll look into that.
mdavis735
Wed, 3rd Sep 2008, 03:39 AM
topsoil. . . . . . what did you do with the 400 watt?that would work well on this corner tank