Re: [GSAS-Member] AH Supply 4x96 Bright Kit Versus Aquticlife T5 High Output 72" Lighting System

["Hostetter, Kypros" <hostetter2003@lawnet.ucla.edu>]

I take it you FX series users are happy with them. I have a Fluval 205 on a
small tank and it clogs regularly-drives me crazy at times. . .

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Paul M. Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu
> wrote:

> The FX5 is a shamefully beautiful canister filter.
>
> http://www.hagen.com/uk/aquatic/addinfo/fluval_05-FX5.html
>
>
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Jeff wrote:
>
> > Thanks Paul, great info; forgive me but what is an FX5?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Paul M. Wallace
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:32 PM
> > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] AH Supply 4x96 Bright Kit Versus Aquticlife T5
> > High Output 72" Lighting System
> >
> > Dear Jeff,
> >
> > The big difference is that the AH Supply is a retrofit so you must have a
> > hood or box and enough skill to operate a wire cap where the others you
> list
> > are fixtures.  In the world a fixtures, slim is in so you may have a lot
> of
> > bulbs crammed into a very attractive enclosure but there is just not
> enough
> > room to get the photons pointed up back into the tank.  In the club, I
> know
> > of a 4X96W fixture over 180 gal.  Great results with CO2 and an FX5!
> >
> > On my own 180 gal tank I have the same problem of finding a light that
> > allows good growth and covers 6'.  I was thinking VHO (yes, that VHO) as
> 6'
> > bulbs from UVL now are available with 180* reflectors (VHO AquaSun Bulb).
> > I found a Icecap 660 on the reef forum that will drive this $25 bulb at
> 160
> > W.  These bulbs also drive 4' T8 at 80W (20W/ft) which is where the tank
> is
> > now (2XT8 Mbuna tank.  Now UVL is selling T5 V-HO lamps.  I think 4X 3'
> > bulbs (with clip on reflectors) will be the next upgrade.
> >
> > Now, a random snippet from internet suggests "The two major causes of
> > Blue-Green Algae is poor water quality (nutrient rich water), or dim
> (low)
> > lighting. "
> >
> > Perhaps the 4 bulb would actually be ok.
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Jeff wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for a great meeting and auction last night; I have a 6' long 125g
> >> planted tank which I have been lighting with two GE "Plant and Aquarium"
> >> bulbs for about a year now; The plants do ok but I want better; Algae
> > growth
> >> has been controlled by switching to a ten hour light cycle (when I had
> > four
> >> 48" bulbs in the tank the algae was out of control ie entire bottom of
> >> aquarium had thick dark green algae); My question is this: Are the AH
> > supply
> >> setups that much better than say the aquaticlife or marineland setups?
> AH
> >> makes some pretty bold claims on their website ie "2.5 times more
> light";
> >> Are metal halide lights really necessary or are they overkill? It is a
> >> community aquarium so I want my fish to look their best as well as the
> >> plants;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Has anyone done a talk on Freshwater stingrays at a meeting? Is there
> > anyone
> >> in the club whom raises stingrays that would be willing to give a talk?
> > I've
> >> been fascinated with them for quite some time but have been holding out
> > till
> >> I get a much larger aquarium to house them;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for all your help, Jeff.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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