- Location
- New Jersey
Ok So my lighting system finally arrived in the mail WOOT!..... its BRIGHT! I mean I understand now WHY its necessary to have a light like that for the corals. Moving on. I understand that MH lights have a certain nuances about them.
The BALLAST that I have came with my lighting system
2X 65 watt Blue Actitinics (Could Probably be better my current-sea 50/50 acitinic light is brighter IMO.)
1X 250 watt MH (Pretty Effin Bright)
4X HyperBlue/Aqua Moonlights (Absolutely Beautiful)
My light model is the Odyssea 24" fixture that I had to tweak a bit to get it to sit correctly on my Bow front tank. I'm glad I didn't get the 30" fixture.. It wouldn't have fit.
Anyway... My Ballast when I turned it on for the first time made lots of clicking sounds and the bulb fired after a few seconds but kept flickering for at least 2 minutes slightly before it settled out. I let the light run for a few minutes before turning it off. Upon turning the light back on again the damn thing took like at least 3-5 minutes it seemed before it sparked up and started to light. Is this normal for MH bulbs???? do you guys think I probably need a new ballast? How about the Acitinic bulbs. Should I replace them with better ones?
Now I can have any coral I want. I'm so happy. To make things even better when i purchased some live rock from my LFS for my sump the one that sold me the cucumber that killed happyending, mr krabs, and himself he gave me a frag with 3 orange polyps on it. I think they are zoo's but i have not identified them yet.
should i run the 250 watt + 2 blue acitinics full blast??? what kind of lighting system should I have? I just got a timer today that I can put everything on its own timer including the moonlights 250 watt MH and the blue acitinics.
The BALLAST that I have came with my lighting system
2X 65 watt Blue Actitinics (Could Probably be better my current-sea 50/50 acitinic light is brighter IMO.)
1X 250 watt MH (Pretty Effin Bright)
4X HyperBlue/Aqua Moonlights (Absolutely Beautiful)
My light model is the Odyssea 24" fixture that I had to tweak a bit to get it to sit correctly on my Bow front tank. I'm glad I didn't get the 30" fixture.. It wouldn't have fit.
Anyway... My Ballast when I turned it on for the first time made lots of clicking sounds and the bulb fired after a few seconds but kept flickering for at least 2 minutes slightly before it settled out. I let the light run for a few minutes before turning it off. Upon turning the light back on again the damn thing took like at least 3-5 minutes it seemed before it sparked up and started to light. Is this normal for MH bulbs???? do you guys think I probably need a new ballast? How about the Acitinic bulbs. Should I replace them with better ones?
Now I can have any coral I want. I'm so happy. To make things even better when i purchased some live rock from my LFS for my sump the one that sold me the cucumber that killed happyending, mr krabs, and himself he gave me a frag with 3 orange polyps on it. I think they are zoo's but i have not identified them yet.
should i run the 250 watt + 2 blue acitinics full blast??? what kind of lighting system should I have? I just got a timer today that I can put everything on its own timer including the moonlights 250 watt MH and the blue acitinics.
