PC / T5 / MH lighting?

[gcantu]

When I first started out I used PC's and I thought they were fine. Then I switched to VHO's and the colors looked better. Then I spoke with Hobogato, "Ace", and he showed me the way he set up his lighting and the types of bulbs he used and the colors seemed to glow under the MH's. I then decided to make the jump and added a 250w MH and kept my two VHO actinics while also adding two Moonlights in the tank and now everything looks brighter and more colorful. You can create dawn/dusk effects if you have two types of lighting supplemented with moonlights and enhance the visual appearance of your tank throughout the day and night. Take a look a other peoples tanks and their different lighting configurations to see what you like best. After all, it's ultimately going to be set up the way YOU think is best and the way YOU like it.

[brewercm]

I have the same tank and I'm running two 250 MH DE bulbs with two 110 watt actinic VHOs for suplement. There is an area in the middle tha doesn't get as much light (more so because of the bracing) that I'm using for softies. See my gallery for picture of the tank if you just want to get an idea.

[mkengr45]

Once you go with metal halides, you will never go back to only PC/vho/T5. I wasted alot of $ on PC lighting on several tanks before going all metal halide. Now my pc setups just set in the closet or are used on refugiums.