kennerd Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Just wanted to show off my new halide setup that's en-route as we speak. 150HQI: picke it up for 2 bills shipped and a 4 m/o bulb Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 side view: It's going on my 10 gal. Link to comment
jojopus Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Nice Ken. Thatll look sweet over a 10 gallon. What the color temp on the bulb 20k? Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 currently just a 10kk, but it'll need replacing soon anyway. Might look into either a 14kk or 20kk. Link to comment
heuerfan Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Nice light! Is that made by Azoo, if not who? Please show us pics with it on the tank! Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 Have a feeling it's a helios knockoff. Will definitely let you see. Link to comment
ibehexed Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Nice looking set-up. I've been searching for a 150w HQI for some time now (for my 20 long). Who is the manufacturer?? Internal ballast? Is the ballast electronic or magenetic? And how much does it weigh? I'm looking forward to pics of your 10 gal. with it up and running! Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 11, 2003 Author Share Posted July 11, 2003 remote ballast, most likely magnetic. I was really more interested in the design than the ballast to be honest. I'm an Icecap fan, so I can always flip the ballast in the future. Link to comment
ibehexed Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Is there any brand marking on the fixture?? Remote ballast, nice.. I would love to get my hands on one of these. Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 OK, here's the setup as it looks today. I bought a crappy clip on fan and hooked it to the window sill. With the fan on low and the AC @ 73 in the house, temps are level during the day @ 79. Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Nice haveing the space to get yer hands in the tank by just moving the fixture back. Also nice to be able to put the lighting all the way forward, due to the ecosystem hang-on overflow box and large rock: nicer light spread w/ less downward shadows Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Things look pretty awful inside, since I had just acclimated and put in the Platygyra in the front right corner (thanks JJShiv!) and everything is kinda closed up and a little cloudy since I had to move some of the scaping aorund to accomodate the brain. BTW: Japanese magnetic ballast, no name on the fixture itself and a bulb manufacturer i didn;t recognize. Currently a 10kk, but I am planning to change t to the 20kk. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 the illumination looks pretty good, why switch it? too yellow? doesn't look as bad as the urine color I had coming out of my lights. I have the fan going on mine. amazing how well those things actually work on keeping the tank cool. not very aesthetically pleasing tho. Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Well, at least mine is in the "fish room" so we don't have to stare at it while watching TV, et al. I have a pair of 3" Icecap fans that are lying around: might try to figure out how to hook one of them up somehow. Link to comment
caja Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Please repackage that and send it to me. Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 whatcha got in trade? BTW: Crak: almost no glow and it looks a lot more yellow in person. It's not that terrible, but I want more blue. Besides, having a second bulb for backup is pretty smart. Link to comment
jojopus Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Looks good Ken. What else ya got in there?.... i cant really tell its kinda far away to get a good look at the other inhabitants....well...besides that huge ass Platygyra, which is sweet by the way . Link to comment
Crakeur Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 that's why I got mine. I think I'll leave the 10k in for now and see how the corals like the two bulbs Link to comment
eddie29 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Where did u get it from? Eddie Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Waited for the Rose BTA to settle in before I added anything else (Uh oh: here comes the chitstorm). Also: ricordia small acro & monti cap frags palythoa polyps zoos cinnamon clown trumpet frag GSP Been waiting for the BTA to settle in before putting anything else in there....want it to be more of a species tank for it. Link to comment
kennerd Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Got it from a feller that bought it through an ebay vendor 4 months ago. Custom job. Emailed the guy a few wees ago when I was negotiating for it (figured I might be able to get more info from the guy who built it), but no answer. Link to comment
phishhead Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 The hood looks like a Via Aqua 11 gal hood that was retrofit with a MH (HQI). Ummmmm..... very interesting maybe i'll try it.... to be continued.... -jb- Link to comment
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