Recent content by bobphillips

Will soft corals (xenia, leathers) and lps do better under brighter lights, or is there a point where it gets to be too much? right now I have 275W of pc over my 55gal, what would need to be done to acclimate to any lighting changes. the tank is a corner tank (oceanic, pie-piece shape) so I...

yup, I am using two of these lights (a 95W and a 125W) plus some blue supplementation over my 55 gal. only running for a couple months. So, I am curious to see if anyone has done any analysis of these lights. I think I could benefit from a better reflector, but...so far...they do put out a...

yup, thats how it went here. When you dont run out of space under the cabinet, and you aren't too worried about seeing into the sump from the side, there is no reason not to go big. (if you can spare the space elsewhere in your dwelling) if you can go with something in a basement, this also...

70 gal is just my refugium :) double that for the whole sump. I just couldn't afford the friggin dsb, or I would have made the whole thing a nice big 'fuge. Hard to get southdown up north.

I have a 70 gal refugium on my 55 gal display.