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Posted: January 08 2008 at 4:16pm |
here they are.. two lumenbrights. soon to house 2x 400w 20k radiums!
drumroll please...
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 4:17pm |
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all i gotta say is wowza!
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 4:21pm |
Those are some fancy lookin reflectors. I've never heard of them though. Whats so special? Besides they look cool of course 
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 4:25pm |
well they are supposed to be the better version of lumenarc 3's. supposedly there is 16 or 18% more light focused with these than lumenarcs. here is a pic with some par meters on Lumenbrights vs. lumenarc 3s
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 4:27pm |
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these are the fanciest reflectors we've ever owned. usually we have had homeade and cakepans! haha. I'm so happy we finally got some good reflectors
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 4:49pm |
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Nice! I'm using a lumenarc 3 with a 400watt 10,000K XM. Very bright. I almost bought the lumenbright, but couldn't find any light distribution data. They look like they will be excellent though. Can't wait to see pictures of them over the tank... :)
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:30pm |
Nice! 
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:34pm |
 Adam Haycock wrote:
Nice! I'm using a lumenarc 3 with a 400watt 10,000K XM. Very bright. I almost bought the lumenbright, but couldn't find any light distribution data. They look like they will be excellent though. Can't wait to see pictures of them over the tank... :) |
we had though a lot about doing the lumenarcs because they spread out the light more evenly, but after a lot of debate we decided we wanted the halides pretty high off the water b/c of heat issues and ease of getting into the tank. the lumenbrights would allow us to do this. We are planning on having the actual bulb about 16 inches off of the water. we will see how it looks when i actually get it up. I'm trying ot figure out how to hang them now. Do you have pictures of how you hung yours?
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:35pm |
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That looks sweet!!!!! Your tank is gonna rock!
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:38pm |
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hopefully! after half a**ing all of our other tanks with bits and pieces we are finally trying to have a "nice" tank. haha. Not that our others werent nice, but its hard to have a nice tank when you are running three reefs and are both in college.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:49pm |
cl2ysta1 wrote:
Do you have pictures of how you hung yours? |
lol, you don't want to see. Any way you can access the wood beams in the ceiling? You might be lucky and have some in the right spot.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:52pm |
cl2ysta1 wrote:
hopefully! after half a**ing all of our other tanks with bits and pieces we are finally trying to have a "nice" tank. haha. Not that our others werent nice, but its hard to have a nice tank when you are running three reefs and are both in college. |
That's why I set up my first tank when I was all done with schooling.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 6:00pm |
Adam Haycock wrote:
cl2ysta1 wrote:
Do you have pictures of how you hung yours? |
lol, you don't want to see. Any way you can access the wood beams in the ceiling? You might be lucky and have some in the right spot. |
well we made a wood hanging area across the canopy. I went to walmart and got a chain to hang it with. I did an eye hook through the hole that is on it, and hopefully this will work. I'll post pictures when done!
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 6:27pm |
well i got one wired up. have to run to the store to get some electrical tape i forgot (cuz i cant find the one i have) and also another extension cord to wire the other up. here are some pix of the halide firing up in the reflector 20k radium
few minutes later
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 6:30pm |
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Looks good. I can already tell those reflectors are going to rock. You can see the bulb in every reflective surface, cool :)
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 6:59pm |
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YUP! i wont have full tank shots for a few days. I am waiting on my other 400w ballast to get here from the fiance. As soon as i get it though it should be going right away. I'll post pix with one over the tank when i get it hung. Gotta run to home depot
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 7:24pm |
Do they make similar reflectors for HQI?
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 7:48pm |
If you look at your first picture, it looks like the dogs thought they got fancy new feeding bowls - and were waiting for you to fill them up
They're like "c'mon Mom, we're hungry!!!  |
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 7:56pm |
Mike Savage wrote:
Do they make similar reflectors for HQI?
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I have heard they are in the works. The only thing about these reflectors is they must be hung high off of the tank to get good coverage area. My bulbs are going to be about 16" off the water. This is good b/c it will help with heat issues using 400w halides. if you arent using 400w i would go with the lumenarcs. they give great spread. Not quite as much light *supposedly 18 percent less* but still a great reflector. here is a link to the current hqi fixtures
these are 250w i dont know if they come any less than that.
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Posted: January 08 2008 at 7:57pm |
carlso63 wrote:
If you look at your first picture, it looks like the dogs thought they got fancy new feeding bowls - and were waiting for you to fill them up
They're like "c'mon Mom, we're hungry!!! |
if i filled those up they would eat the whole thing
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