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WaterKeeper · 04/06/2009, 10:41 AM

Hi Death & Eklipz

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Monkey,

I'd tend to stay away from a 3' tank, they tend to be hard to light. It takes a lot of MH for a deep tank if you want high light corals and the heat from all that light means a chiller is usually needed.

That all adds up to big $$$.

04/06/2009, 10:41 AM	#43
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	Hi Death & Eklipz *To Reef Central* Monkey, I'd tend to stay away from a 3' tank, they tend to be hard to light. It takes a lot of MH for a deep tank if you want high light corals and the heat from all that light means a chiller is usually needed. That all adds up to big $$$. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29