WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

this what I bought in lights, now what can I have healty wise under
these.



14,000K HQI Metal Halide 300watts (2 x's 150w)............both Blue and
White Lunar Lights 6 each
I have 92 gal corner bowfront
bulbs for this light is DE so i can upgrade the watts?
it also has a proprietary electronic driving system (produce the
highest lumen per watt)
what ever that really means i don't know

It is a Current usa sunpod 36" here is the link so you can see the
configs

http://www.current-usa.com/sunpod.html

Thanks for all help

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

You have 3 watts per gallon. You can keep soft corals.
Some of the easier stony large polyp corals can also be
kept, but be forewarned that this lower light level will
leave such stony corals more at risk, though they may look
nice, and grow, they won't have as much vigor to fight off
infections and such.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Bonita wrote on 1/9/2007 1:08 AM:
this what I bought in lights, now what can I have healty wise under
these.



14,000K HQI Metal Halide 300watts (2 x's 150w)............both Blue and
White Lunar Lights 6 each
I have 92 gal corner bowfront
bulbs for this light is DE so i can upgrade the watts?
it also has a proprietary electronic driving system (produce the
highest lumen per watt)
what ever that really means i don't know

It is a Current usa sunpod 36" here is the link so you can see the
configs

http://www.current-usa.com/sunpod.html

Thanks for all help

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

Also since you have two 150 watt small point source
lights, you can put corals up close to those lights, and
gain quite a bit more light, whereas florescent light is
more spread out. MH light rules :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 1/9/2007 12:03 PM:
You have 3 watts per gallon. You can keep soft corals. Some of the
easier stony large polyp corals can also be kept, but be forewarned that
this lower light level will leave such stony corals more at risk, though
they may look nice, and grow, they won't have as much vigor to fight off
infections and such.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Bonita wrote on 1/9/2007 1:08 AM:
this what I bought in lights, now what can I have healty wise under
these.



14,000K HQI Metal Halide 300watts (2 x's 150w)............both Blue and
White Lunar Lights 6 each
I have 92 gal corner bowfront
bulbs for this light is DE so i can upgrade the watts?
it also has a proprietary electronic driving system (produce the
highest lumen per watt)
what ever that really means i don't know

It is a Current usa sunpod 36" here is the link so you can see the
configs

http://www.current-usa.com/sunpod.html

Thanks for all help

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

But it so much easier to have good lighting and not have
to worry about placement of the corals to get more light
to the coral.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 1/9/2007 12:26 PM:
Also since you have two 150 watt small point source lights, you can put
corals up close to those lights, and gain quite a bit more light,
whereas florescent light is more spread out. MH light rules :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 1/9/2007 12:03 PM:
You have 3 watts per gallon. You can keep soft corals. Some of the
easier stony large polyp corals can also be kept, but be forewarned
that this lower light level will leave such stony corals more at risk,
though they may look nice, and grow, they won't have as much vigor to
fight off infections and such.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Bonita wrote on 1/9/2007 1:08 AM:
this what I bought in lights, now what can I have healty wise under
these.



14,000K HQI Metal Halide 300watts (2 x's 150w)............both Blue and
White Lunar Lights 6 each
I have 92 gal corner bowfront
bulbs for this light is DE so i can upgrade the watts?
it also has a proprietary electronic driving system (produce the
highest lumen per watt)
what ever that really means i don't know

It is a Current usa sunpod 36" here is the link so you can see the
configs

http://www.current-usa.com/sunpod.html

Thanks for all help

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Also since you have two 150 watt small point source lights, you can put
corals up close to those lights, and gain quite a bit more light,
whereas florescent light is more spread out. MH light rules :-)

But if you put corals TOO close to the light, and they WILL bleach...

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

Add Homonym wrote:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Also since you have two 150 watt small point source lights, you can
put corals up close to those lights, and gain quite a bit more light,
whereas florescent light is more spread out. MH light rules :-)

But if you put corals TOO close to the light, and they WILL bleach...


Yeah, I've heard this. I think there was a recent article in the
"Tropical Fish" rag. They recommended introducing new lightly in
increments rather then just a swap out.

I was planning to radically cut back on the hours of light and then ramp
back up to where I am when I get my new lights.

Don't know if that's necessary, but I figure it won't hurt anything.

--Kurt

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

That's rarely a problem. They may not bloom out as much,
but rarely do they really suffer from the increased lighting.

Many a times I've taken corals from low light areas and
put them right under 400watt mh lighting.

It *can* produce a problem, but rarely does.

If you want to play it safe, you can place the corals
lower, and move them up, or reduce lighting , but I'm not
too keen on the idea of the reduce lighting method,
preferring the coral moving method.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



KurtG wrote on 1/9/2007 2:03 PM:
Add Homonym wrote:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Also since you have two 150 watt small point source lights, you can
put corals up close to those lights, and gain quite a bit more light,
whereas florescent light is more spread out. MH light rules :-)

But if you put corals TOO close to the light, and they WILL bleach...


Yeah, I've heard this. I think there was a recent article in the
"Tropical Fish" rag. They recommended introducing new lightly in
increments rather then just a swap out.

I was planning to radically cut back on the hours of light and then ramp
back up to where I am when I get my new lights.

Don't know if that's necessary, but I figure it won't hurt anything.

--Kurt

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

Wayne Sallee wrote:
That's rarely a problem. They may not bloom out as much, but rarely do
they really suffer from the increased lighting.


I'm worried about my anemones, but then again, they can move if they
don't like it.

--Kurt

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

Yea they will move, and move, and move, and move, and move

and move,

and :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



KurtG wrote on 1/9/2007 3:05 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
That's rarely a problem. They may not bloom out as much, but rarely do
they really suffer from the increased lighting.


I'm worried about my anemones, but then again, they can move if they
don't like it.

--Kurt

WHAT CAN I HAVE with these lights
 

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Yea they will move, and move, and move, and move, and move

and move,

Mine haven't moved in 4 weeks, and I've only had the tank for 8.
However, I'll need to tear down the tank this week to get the fish out
for treatment of Ich and add additional live rock.

Nothing but fun here .... Free beer if anybody wants to help!

--Kurt