eclipse system 3 lighting help needed asap

[John Smith]

I have a buddy who is moving and is offering his system to me. It is about
40 gal, 30"x12.5"X25" and has the stock 2X18w lighting (Eclipse system 3 I
think they call it.).
He has some live rock and sand and a fwe small damsels in it.
I'd very much like to get back into the hobby and I know that amount of
light is real low. I want to grow some soft corals (shrooms, colt, xenia)
etc in there, real basic.

I googled a retro of that system and did not find much but a link to
customsealife.com (who has ceased operations apparantly) Does anyone know
of a PC retro that will work in the system and boost the lights, say maybe
2X55?

Any thoughts/ideas would be helpful.

He wants 150 for the system and I'm willing to put in a few more bucks to
start, but I have to tell him by this weekend.

Thanks in advance!!!

[B]

do it. 2x55 watt ( one actinic and one white ) works very well
on that exact system if you primarily want softies and xenia. I've
had that setup doing very well for quite some time. I built
a wood canopy with dual fans ( 1 each end ) for it. got rid of the
eclipse top in the process. plumbed an over flow which let me
put the skimmer , heater in the sump/refugium below in the
stand ( which I also built ). using a 10 gallon aquarium
as the sump.

2 x 55 watt PFO retro at premium aquatics

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=PFOc




"John Smith" > wrote in message
news:NdPzc.1965$tC5.877@fed1read02...
> I have a buddy who is moving and is offering his system to me. It is
about
> 40 gal, 30"x12.5"X25" and has the stock 2X18w lighting (Eclipse system 3 I
> think they call it.).
> He has some live rock and sand and a fwe small damsels in it.
> I'd very much like to get back into the hobby and I know that amount of
> light is real low. I want to grow some soft corals (shrooms, colt, xenia)
> etc in there, real basic.
>
> I googled a retro of that system and did not find much but a link to
> customsealife.com (who has ceased operations apparantly) Does anyone know
> of a PC retro that will work in the system and boost the lights, say
maybe
> 2X55?
>
> Any thoughts/ideas would be helpful.
>
> He wants 150 for the system and I'm willing to put in a few more bucks to
> start, but I have to tell him by this weekend.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
>

[John Smith]

thanks

"B" > wrote in message
...
> do it. 2x55 watt ( one actinic and one white ) works very well
> on that exact system if you primarily want softies and xenia. I've
> had that setup doing very well for quite some time. I built
> a wood canopy with dual fans ( 1 each end ) for it. got rid of the
> eclipse top in the process. plumbed an over flow which let me
> put the skimmer , heater in the sump/refugium below in the
> stand ( which I also built ). using a 10 gallon aquarium
> as the sump.
>
> 2 x 55 watt PFO retro at premium aquatics
>
>
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=PFOc
>
>
>
>
> "John Smith" > wrote in message
> news:NdPzc.1965$tC5.877@fed1read02...
> > I have a buddy who is moving and is offering his system to me. It is
> about
> > 40 gal, 30"x12.5"X25" and has the stock 2X18w lighting (Eclipse system 3
I
> > think they call it.).
> > He has some live rock and sand and a fwe small damsels in it.
> > I'd very much like to get back into the hobby and I know that amount of
> > light is real low. I want to grow some soft corals (shrooms, colt,
xenia)
> > etc in there, real basic.
> >
> > I googled a retro of that system and did not find much but a link to
> > customsealife.com (who has ceased operations apparantly) Does anyone
know
> > of a PC retro that will work in the system and boost the lights, say
> maybe
> > 2X55?
> >
> > Any thoughts/ideas would be helpful.
> >
> > He wants 150 for the system and I'm willing to put in a few more bucks
to
> > start, but I have to tell him by this weekend.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!!!
> >
> >
>
>

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:41:57 -0700, "John Smith" >
wrote:

>I have a buddy who is moving and is offering his system to me. It is about
>40 gal, 30"x12.5"X25" and has the stock 2X18w lighting (Eclipse system 3 I
>think they call it.).
>He has some live rock and sand and a fwe small damsels in it.
>I'd very much like to get back into the hobby and I know that amount of
>light is real low. I want to grow some soft corals (shrooms, colt, xenia)
>etc in there, real basic.
>
>I googled a retro of that system and did not find much but a link to
>customsealife.com (who has ceased operations apparantly) Does anyone know
>of a PC retro that will work in the system and boost the lights, say maybe
>2X55?
>
>Any thoughts/ideas would be helpful.
>
>He wants 150 for the system and I'm willing to put in a few more bucks to
>start, but I have to tell him by this weekend.
>
>Thanks in advance!!!
>