what type of lighting do you guys run for your reef?

What is the primary type of lighting you run on your reef?

  • Metal Halides

    Votes: 95 64.6%
  • Power compact

    Votes: 13 8.8%
  • VHO

    Votes: 2 1.4%
  • T-5

    Votes: 36 24.5%
  • Natural sunlight

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • Total voters
    147

pollywog

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#24
I use Sunpod 150W MH fixture with 14K DE Phoenix on my
30 gal cube. I also gets NS on sunny mornings. Nothing
beats the shimmer produced by NS.
 
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#25
PC's....but my T5's actinic and MH are sitting in the garage waiting for me to build a new canopy!!

OT: preferred distance from water to glass of 14K MH??

8" OK?
 
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#26
That is way more MH than I would have expected... I'm doing fine with my 4x65w PC fixture, much better than my old 2x65wPC. For a few month a year I can get NS and it is pretty cool, unfortunately I'm not home much when it comes in right.
 
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