New lighting

[fastrd400]

I installed a pair of 250 watt MH pendants tonight in my canopy. I am doubling my light with just those alone. I know that I need to acclimate my corals to the new more intense light, but am not sure where to start. Does anyone have any suggestions or a schedule to follow to bring my lighting back up to 8 - 10 hours a day?:glassesy:

 

[ccCapt]

Drop the time the halides are on to 4 hrs/day and increase that by 1/2 hr/day till you reach 8 hrs.

 

[fastrd400]

Awesome, thank you ccCapt.

 

[mng777777]

Congrats on the new lights!

 

[dcantucson]

Yeah Fast congratulations! Of course you should have posted a picture......
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[fastrd400]

I am working on that as we speak Dave. I still have to decide what else if anything I want to put in the canopy. I am toying with the idea of taking my T5 fixture apart and using it to run 4 actinic blue bulbs. My MH bulbs now are Phoenix 14k, so they are kinda blue already.

 

[fastrd400]

Just for you Dave, hehehehe:mrgreen:

 

[mng777777]

Nice! Those fixtures look awesome!

 

[fastrd400]

Thank you Justin, I'm happy with them so far. And actually worked a great deal on them.

 

[fastrd400]

I also spent a good part of the day ripping apart my old T5 fixture. I mounted the ballasts, and lights with reflectors in the canopy as well with the MH. Pics on the way shortly.

 

[fastrd400]

I guess I should have put this in my build thread. Oh well, I'll put it there as well.

This is the old fixture I replaced and then proceded to gut for the canopy

Here are some shots of the ballasts and bulbs mounted into the cabinet
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