cvest100 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Ok, I have a couple freshwater tanks, and now my 10 gallon nano. I have too much going on to give all of them attention, so I was thinking of setting up my 38 Tall as a reef tank. I plan on obvoiusly keeping my 10g until the cycle and everything is done in my 38 tall. I just ordered the Odyssea 24" MH with T5 off of ebay for $130 shipping included. The tank is close to 25ish inches deep. Would this 250 watt fixture be ok for that depth?? Since I have time until my cycle finishes, I planned on buying a new eletronic ballast for the fixture to upgrade the lighting. How many lbs of live sand would you use on a tank like this. I know what typical is, but it's no more than 36" wide and maybe 15" deep. It's tall as all get out, and I don't want to use the typical gallon to pound ratio! Thanks! Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Ok, I have a couple freshwater tanks, and now my 10 gallon nano. I have too much going on to give all of them attention, so I was thinking of setting up my 38 Tall as a reef tank. I plan on obvoiusly keeping my 10g until the cycle and everything is done in my 38 tall. I just ordered the Odyssea 24" MH with T5 off of ebay for $130 shipping included. The tank is close to 25ish inches deep. Would this 250 watt fixture be ok for that depth?? Since I have time until my cycle finishes, I planned on buying a new eletronic ballast for the fixture to upgrade the lighting. How many lbs of live sand would you use on a tank like this. I know what typical is, but it's no more than 36" wide and maybe 15" deep. It's tall as all get out, and I don't want to use the typical gallon to pound ratio! Thanks! How is setting up a bigger tank and tearing down a smaller tank helping the "too many tanks" problem? (A problem that I do not believe in, btw) Link to comment
cvest100 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 How is setting up a bigger tank and tearing down a smaller tank helping the "too many tanks" problem? (A problem that I do not believe in, btw) Well if I focus 15-20 minutes a day on one tank instead of the same time on FOUR then I figured it's a good trade off! Link to comment
Withers Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Oh so you're getting rid of all your other tanks? I think the 250 watt MH will be fine for that height of tank. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Well if I focus 15-20 minutes a day on one tank instead of the same time on FOUR then I figured it's a good trade off! Oh so you're getting rid of all your other tanks? What Vic said ^^^ Link to comment
cvest100 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 What Vic said ^^^ well, not getting rid of....just putting into storage until i have more time! Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 well, not getting rid of....just putting into storage until i have more time! ah...makes sense now. good luck keeping them in storage...without water...and fishes...they'll be so sad...and empty Link to comment
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