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Ismellikefish
01/11/2008, 10:30 AM
Currently I have 4x 54w t-5's as my lighting choice. Tank is getting close to a year old! I basicly have some softies, LPS and some anem's. To list a few:

Ricordias
Few diffrent kinds of mushrooms
Button polups
Candy cane
Trumpet
leathers
Frog spawns
Hammerheads
Bubble coral
GSP

Anem's:
Condy
BTA ( just showed up one day! )
3 rose anem's ( just split last week! )

Everything seems to be doing very well and growing/spliting. I have been happy with the t-5's so far, little heat and good light output. But now I am wanting to add a couple of sps and I know I will need better light. I am wanting to get a Monte and maybe an acropora and or a birdnest.

Will 1x 175w MH be enough with my t-5's?
I was also thinking of overdriving my t-5's, would that be needed as well?

Thanks in advance everyone!
~iBsmelly

grigsy
01/11/2008, 11:10 AM
One metal halide 175 watt should work well provided you keep the SPS under it. I would suggest the XM 10K which is a good bulb with good PAR ratings. Or, you could use the Iwasaki 14K which is more white than blue and would work well also.

Ismellikefish
01/11/2008, 01:17 PM
Kewl, thx Grig

5speedT
01/11/2008, 01:22 PM
what size tank do you have?

Ismellikefish
01/11/2008, 02:01 PM
75g Display