Light Advice

[jimidalock]

Aaron, I have a 36x36x27 that I have had up and running for about 9 months. I started with 2-400 watt MH's and added T5's just recently. I was running 10,000k SE bulbs until last week when I replaced the bulbs with 12,000k. I love the blue effect. And the corals are all happy!!!

 

[aaron]

Wow- two 400's I'd hate to see your electricity bill!
Well I have made yet another change but this time I'm sticking to it.
I couldnt find anyone in Australia that stocked double ended 400W bulbs. As I need to fit these lights into a slim line fixture I really was counting on the small DE bulbs to keep the pendant size to a minimum. So I have gone with two double ended 250W as I got a great deal on two icecap ballasts.
I am getting an old broken 4foot Maristar T5/MH combo pendant, cutting it down to 3' and gutting it to fit the new lighting configuration. Depending on how much room there is in the pendant I will add two or four T5's
If I remember to take photos I will post the whole thing on the DIY forum.