fun pics:)

wildbeanerz wrote:

Is Todds store near you Cindy? I always miss it when he is selling stuff off so cheap!! That would be cool to come down to your place and go over to his in the same trip

he is 10 miles up the road from me:)

I don't have a saltwater YET but I want to go. You 3 are bad for my MTS you know!

Just do it! You can go my route, and use reef to cure your MTS.

FishVixen wrote:

I don't have a saltwater YET but I want to go. You 3 are bad for my MTS you know!

nahhh just turn a freshy tank into a saltwater tank thats where I started then before I new it I had all reefs

The tank I have it's the lighting that holds me back!

You know where I got my light Vixen and the price. It isn't top of the line but it serves it's purpose for me right now. I can always upgrade later. I'm thinking my next upgrade is a skimmer or HOB fuge. Just have to research and figure out some pricing.

vixen: what size tank? I've got a 30" 2x65w PC with LED moon light fixture in my garage I'd like to sell for 40$ (but no legs) This will fit a standard 29, or a 20L and grow softies all day.

beaner: I advocate the hob fuge. You can get a hob fuge/skimmer combo from aquatraders on the cheap. If you can handle something with cosmetic blemishes there's ebay for CPR aquafuge with PS integrated for about half what a shiny new one would cost you.

i have an hob fuge in my closet:)

48" 55 gal. so I need to spend some on lighting.

have you looked at the aquatilife straight T5 fixtures?

x2 for aquaticlife t5 fixtures. You can't go wrong with integrated digital timers.

yes they are great fixtures I have the 72" HID T5 combo on my tank the only thing I would change is they only made the LED's 1 watt each which imo barley even passes for moonlight but its still a great light. I got an email from them a few weeks ago and they are now making the Suspension arms for them as another mounting option.
pope did you see the spider reflectors link I sent you?

on a budget due to disability is my only income! Rent comes first,

I did. I'm going through calculators on a different site to estimate monthly cost of operating the system. Still haven't decided on MH vs t5. If I do t5 I'm looking at the aquaticlife 6x54w or the tek 8x54w lights. If I do MH it's going to be 2x250w MH with 2x54w t5 (with fiji purples) for supplement all retrofit. The benefit of the retrofit involves the wife having a place to put cute stuff on top of the tank.


Incidently it's about 10 dollars a month cheaper to run the t5s

you can get just as good of growth out of 150watt MH so why go 250 watt?
in the 150 watt run 10k MH bulbs it will give all the light you need to support even the most hard to grow SPSs without as much electric consumption. another nice thing about the Aquaticlife fixtures with the HID's is being able to spot light corals there not many fixtures out there that allow you to point the light where you need it
just a thought:)

I can handle the $10 a month it's the initial layout cost for good lighting. I just keep watching CL.

See Ursula me and you gonna get to fighting lol. I surf craigslist too. If you see anything up my way let me know. I could always pick it up for you and you could meet me near broad somewhere. northern va always has alot of stuff.

You're ON!

cwhip wrote:

you can get just as good of growth out of 150watt MH so why go 250 watt?
in the 150 watt run 10k MH bulbs it will give all the light you need to support even the most hard to grow SPSs without as much electric consumption. another nice thing about the Aquaticlife fixtures with the HID's is being able to spot light corals there not many fixtures out there that allow you to point the light where you need it
just a thought:)

I've got someone offering me 2x250 ballast and moguls for 50 bucks. Kind of hard to pass over when all I'll need are the reflectors and bulbs.

popebosephus wrote:

cwhip wrote:

you can get just as good of growth out of 150watt MH so why go 250 watt?
in the 150 watt run 10k MH bulbs it will give all the light you need to support even the most hard to grow SPSs without as much electric consumption. another nice thing about the Aquaticlife fixtures with the HID's is being able to spot light corals there not many fixtures out there that allow you to point the light where you need it
just a thought:)

I've got someone offering me 2x250 ballast and moguls for 50 bucks. Kind of hard to pass over when all I'll need are the reflectors and bulbs.

Duh thats right! sorry yeah I see I would pass it up either. did you see those reflectors I sent the link to? will they fit?

Dang. Nice Pics!

A HOB in the closet huh? Cindy you seem to have it all!!!

no April I just keep setting up tanks then changing my mind then I end up with excess parts:)

Did you want to get rid of the HOB fuge that you have? And how big is it?

I saw the reflectors. Those look like they'd work fine.

NICE JAW FISH, I HAD ONE UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. HE WAS OLD.