Lighting changes
Changed out all three MH reflectors on the 180g, now using the gullwing shaped ones instead of the flat panel type. Need the old ones for lighting the 55g frag tank (tommorrow's project).
Changed out all 4 of the 460nm actinic power compacts with new tubes, the old ones were getting quite dusty colored after 9 months @ 10 hours a day. Also added another 2x65w retro kit with dual 420/460 actinic tubes to bring up the supplemental lighting to 6x65w PC. Not sure how much I care for the dual actinics, but the retro kit came with one and a dual daylight 10K and 7K tube (that's in the do something with later pile), so I ordered another just so they would be in balance over the tank.
This time I remembered to write the date on the ends of the tubes so I know when I put them in, somehow managed to forget to do it last time, ah the wonders of keeping all this in a blog to figure out when things were done is fantastic.
Fired up all the halides and actinics to verify my wiring and such... and to get a sneak peek at the new lighting. Combined lighting everything looks very sharp and crisp white.
Changed out all 4 of the 460nm actinic power compacts with new tubes, the old ones were getting quite dusty colored after 9 months @ 10 hours a day. Also added another 2x65w retro kit with dual 420/460 actinic tubes to bring up the supplemental lighting to 6x65w PC. Not sure how much I care for the dual actinics, but the retro kit came with one and a dual daylight 10K and 7K tube (that's in the do something with later pile), so I ordered another just so they would be in balance over the tank.
This time I remembered to write the date on the ends of the tubes so I know when I put them in, somehow managed to forget to do it last time, ah the wonders of keeping all this in a blog to figure out when things were done is fantastic.
Fired up all the halides and actinics to verify my wiring and such... and to get a sneak peek at the new lighting. Combined lighting everything looks very sharp and crisp white.
