I would consider 6x54w t5 retro with icecap reflectors and icecap ballasts. I would use ati bulbs with maybe a ge 65k bulb. I went from a 400w reeflux to this set-up and love it. I love the fact that you can play with the spectrum (target certain bulbs over certain corals). For example, I got my A. lovelli to change color from sky blue throughout, to sky blue tips and a red base (using an ati procolor bulb). Bulbs are cheaper. Bulbs are way more efficent, i save about 30 bucks a month on power. Plus the bulbs will not heat the room up as bad a MH, which would make the chiller work harder. The only major complaint about t5's is that they do not produce the shimmer that MH do. Not that I'm a hardcore t5 guy but i think its an option that you must consider. FYI, I have a stone garden taking up all 18 inches of depth in the 75g.
Last edited by Fish4life; Fri, 18th Apr 2008 at 07:01 AM.
75gal 6x54w t5's on icecap slr's 3 blue +, 1 pro color, 1 ge 65k, 1 uvl spuer atintic, iwaki 40rlt return, mak 4 on closed loop to om super squirt, mak 3 on etss reef devil, jbj artica chiller, aquamedic calcium reactor, DIY Kalk reactor, DIY media reactor, currently running half phospahte/half carbon.
Live in Uvalde, Texas. On the fish hatchery!
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