Don't give me any ideas. What size pump did you use?
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JCurry's 500g System Design & Build
- Thread starter Jcurry@wesketch
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awesome Jeff i cant wait to see it 
i have 250 on my 210 & it's 30 inch's tall the only difference i see from 250 to 400 is that the colors pop with 400's , u can still light ur tank with 250's but if u get the SPS bug bite & u want those exotic SPS they will color nice under 400's, not saying that 250's are bad u will just get different color,but ofcourse thats not the only thing u need to worry about how about that track system they had at macna i would look in to that just let them go back & forth.
best of luck to u.
i have 250 on my 210 & it's 30 inch's tall the only difference i see from 250 to 400 is that the colors pop with 400's , u can still light ur tank with 250's but if u get the SPS bug bite & u want those exotic SPS they will color nice under 400's, not saying that 250's are bad u will just get different color,but ofcourse thats not the only thing u need to worry about
how about that track system they had at macna i would look in to that just let them go back & forth.best of luck to u.
reefsandrotts
NJRC Member
Jcurry@wesketch said:
Iwaki 100 xr.
Good Luck with the project. I look foward to following its progress.. Just a couple of notes from my personal experiences
1.. My 135 reef is 24" high and working inside it was really easy. Then I added a canopy which, though it hid the lighting and enhanced the overall appearance beautifully, raised the overall height to 30". Now working inside has become a chore adding lots of time (and frustration) to even the simplest tasks, and
2. I noted that you are unhappy with the "flat" look of your VHO lighting. I use a 3x150 and 2x70 watt HQI Metal Halide fixture
with the 150's @ 10k and the 70's @ 20k. The result is a tank that constantly "shimmers" at both the peak and low light periods.
The efeect especially in the evening with just the 70w 20k's on is really cool. If I have a regret, it is not going with the higher output 250/150 fixture that is also available).
Dom
1.. My 135 reef is 24" high and working inside it was really easy. Then I added a canopy which, though it hid the lighting and enhanced the overall appearance beautifully, raised the overall height to 30". Now working inside has become a chore adding lots of time (and frustration) to even the simplest tasks, and
2. I noted that you are unhappy with the "flat" look of your VHO lighting. I use a 3x150 and 2x70 watt HQI Metal Halide fixture
with the 150's @ 10k and the 70's @ 20k. The result is a tank that constantly "shimmers" at both the peak and low light periods.
The efeect especially in the evening with just the 70w 20k's on is really cool. If I have a regret, it is not going with the higher output 250/150 fixture that is also available).
Dom