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Unread 08/23/2008, 11:09 AM   #1
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gone solar

i have posted all of this in my build thread, but i thought i would post here as well since the tank is 80% sps. about three weeks ago i took out the 5 MH lights from my 240 and installed 3 solar tubes. i kept the 580 watts of T5 actinic, and redid the configuration of the top of the tank. first, ill post a few before and after pics of the work i did, and then i will post weekly coral comparison pics to document the changes.

here is the way i did the tank originally:

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back

here is what it used to look like inside the "canopy"


now, here is what it looks like

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back

from above (i have covered the T5 lights with acrylic covers since this pic)


here is a comparison of the lighting in the tank:


here are hourly progression pics on a sunny day - left side is with the actinics off and right side is with them on


tank was without lights for two days while i did all of this, and within a week of installing the sundome tubes, everything was a nice shade of brown. the first coral pics i took were at that one week stage. i will try to take the same pics of the same corals weekly to show color and growth progression....


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