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ralphie16
02/01/2007, 03:00 PM
I have a 45 gallon OCeanic Cube.

24Lx18Wx24H

I have decided on a MH/T5 combo

one 250W DE 14K ushio

one UVL super blue actinic

one ATI blue+

what do you guys think?

only change i was going to make was to either get a 150W MH bulb instead

would that be enough light?

would the 250 heat up my tank too much?

how about a 10K ushio? what is diff between 10K and 14K? 10K is warmer right? with my combo which would look nicer?

1badbrd
02/01/2007, 03:02 PM
thats alot of blue, my .02

i would like a 10k MH and the rest blue

reefkoi
02/01/2007, 03:22 PM
yeah I agree a lot of blue there. I'd do the 10K with those actinic supp. lights. Otherwise a 14K by itself should be fine at 250 watts, you can always add flourescent, but I switched over to 14K only and I am very happy with it, and I have more room in the hood now. With a stealth reflector you can light up a 18x24 area pretty well. I think thats the best reflector for a D.E. bulb the luminarc stealth.

BreadmanMike
02/01/2007, 03:27 PM
14k Ushio's are not blue.

I would do exactly as you are planning.

250w 14k Ushio
1 UVL SA
1 ATI Blue+

Perfect!

:)