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    Posted: November 10 2012 at 12:45pm

So i am downgrading from my 75 g to a 24 nano. Lights for the nano are no good so i was  thinking of using some lights from my 75 g. wondering on opinions of what people think. On my 75 g i have 65x4 power comacts and 2 175 metal halides. I was thing 1 of the halides and 2 of the PC. what do you think???



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Dunno but I'd be interested to see how it all worked out.
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1 of the halides is more than enough alone.
 
Even with just that, you may have issues with overheating the tank.
 
 
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try a 14K bulb for the 175 should give the coloration you like and not burn all you corals.  10K 175 with 2 PC's is overkill.
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I agree that 175 watt and pcs will be too much for that tank but I also dont think 14k alone is going to give you all the color. I ran a 14k 175 watt with vho actinics over a 40 breeder and really liked the color but the 14k alone was still too white in my opinion...






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ditto to ksmart and bob 
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Yeah, I'd go with a 20K bulb and keep an eye on the temp.
 
Do you plan on having an open top setup?  That will help keep things cool.
 
 
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Still debating on the open top. Have always wanted one but with kids and a cat around its kinda sketchy if your now what I mean. And this really helps cus to be honest I did not think about hear like a dumb ass lol. I just realy like the blue color ( my 75 has 4 50/50 pc's and 2 20k 175 halides) and I'm afrid that a 20k 175 won't do it for me. I am also a huge Lps fan and want to make sure I have the light to support it.
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Originally posted by christopninja christopninja wrote:

Still debating on the open top. Have always wanted one but with kids and a cat around its kinda sketchy if your now what I mean. 
 
 
I have a very small frag/quarantine tank and also have a cat.  I had a piece of glass cut that covers most of the tank.  One nite I got up in the middle of the nite and found the cat sitting on top of the glass.  egads  ....
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20K will be fine. I ran a 20k 250watt on my 70 gallon cube and I grew sps. A 175 20k will work great.
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