How many units would you recommend for a 150 gallon 6' length tank?
817333
Depending on if u have a lot of sps corals. I have 2 on my 72. U need at least 2 three would be better. They are VERY bright so make sure you acclimate or soft corals can get damaged. Also my anemones did not like the intensity and moved around a lot once I put mine up and got to 100%.
817334
Three or four . I have two on my 90 gal it's 4' in length and they r hanging about 2' over the water line
817335
I would say 3 to avoid dead spots. I had 2 on a 4 ft tank. I only used them for 2 months though before I got a 6 ft and changed to metal halide. If your interested in them I will give you a good deal. Still have original boxes. Berreybunch @ saltreef com
817336
I have a 55g aquarium and I bought two. I would recommend that you buy three for a 150g tank. There is definitely enough power to the lights as well. I have mine set at 30% whites and 45% blues.
817337
I have 1 unit on my tank which is 3' wide x 2' deep x 2' high. one light is fine; the edges fall of a just a bit but for a 6' tank should be good with 2 lights. I have it set to only to 65% at the highest as the light is brighter than my old T5's.
817338
3 you need perfect..you can hang them from the ceiling by hooks, or in an office put wires up through the ceiling tiles and hang them from Pipe. my fish tank I did it so easily. the fish get woken up slowly over 3 hours. to bed slowly over 3 hours. I read the reviews and people that didn't buy the programmable light regretted it
1397111
the lowest setting is fine for my 15 gallon tall. I have 5 galaxy barbs, two albino cories cats, two amino shrimps, an otto catfish and a shit load of snails(Note: a bunch of moss cover my intake tube from time to time). But it depends on the fish you plan to get too. do your fish come from a place with fast moving water or slow? Since you already have a spare C4 and a tank just try it out. worse case you return the fish back.
641900
Absolutely overkill for a 5 gallon tank. You need a 50watt at most. A 150watt would likely cook the little guppies.
1284609
If you use the small tanks, make sure you have two available. My buddy works for Ashland propane so we use 50 lb tanks. When we cook for about 300 (wild game feast) we probably use about 8-10 lbs.
1251137
Depends on the size of the tank. Would recommend two fixtures of the 16" model for a 4 footer, and one fixtures of the 24" model for a 3 footer. Hope this helps!
2043610
The unit is exactly 24" in length with extenders on both sides that will extend the total out 26". I have a 48" wide 60 gal tank with a bar at the top in the center so I use 2 of the 24" units. I tried a 48" unit first but the center bar wouldn't allow the unit to sit securely. The units come with a single led bulb, but will house 3. You will want at least 2 bulbs per unit. In spite of the expense, I now have 3 bulbs per unit. Beware of knocking them into the tank! I managed to ruin one of the units by doing so! Best of luck!
1337613
I got the 300 watt for my 55 gal. seems to do fine. I rather have a higher watt and turn it down lower. Besides after they get old and don't work as well a higher watt seems to do better. I think a 250 would do the job for a 55 gal
977430
These heaters are more efficient, which means you need less wattage than other heaters. So for 36 gallon glass tank a 100 or 125 watt heater will be perfect. Do not think more wattage is better it is not, to much wattage will throw off the nice balance that a properly matched wattage to gallon ratio will give you.Not to mention the more wattage the longer and bigger size heater.
1067352
I have 3 tanks and find it best to have one on each side for my larger tanks 155 and 265. I have only one on my 55 gallon. I would go with one large on one side and see how that does, it wont hurt to add a smaller one one the right side if needed.
1096813
If you are doing a reef tank, I would go with 2 units, if its just saltwater fish with artificial plants and stuff, you could probably get away with 1 unit. I am looking to maybe upgrade to something like that, I have looked at a 47 Gallon bowfront, and would add another unit, and maybe play around with lowering the light level, or cutting back the white LED levels some. Under full blue LED's only, everything in my tank takes on completely different colors, and glows a bright blue, pretty cool at night sometimes.
1972005
i would get a 300 W heater for a 55 gal. I believe the general rule is 5 W per gallon of water. 200W isn't quite enough.
629278
The filter that can take up to that many gal per tank. A filter with a limit of 60 gal won't do much good with more then 60 gal. I use this filter on my 60 gal tank but I only put 40 gal in it. And I use 2 reverse power heads with underground filtration for my turtle and I only have to clean the filter 3 times a year. You can use 2 60 gal filters for your largest tank. Id go for the the filter that goes up to 75 gal for your 65 gal tank.
977428
That wattage will be sufficient for your aquarium. 200 to250 handles a 55 gallon salt water tank easily.
346564
I have a 65 gal (36" wide, 24" high, 18" deep) mixed reef (including fish, clams, sps, lps and a few softies) and have 2 36-48" units, obviously affixed as 36". Everything is great especially my maxima and derasa clams, euphillia, Birdsnest, all lps great. Oddly the softies don't grow as fast. I love the lights, you could start with one unit and add more later if u want.
1801427
The fx6 will be fine and do an amazing job. You can angle the output flow to where it just skims the top of the water. I have a fx6 and a xxl api(Rena) on a 150g and it stays Crystal clear. Depending on amount of fish you still have to to maintenance on filters. Just not as often on the fx6. I clean mine every 2 weeks but 3_4 would be ok to wait. (Heavily stocked African tank)
557767
I was told you need at least 55 gallons for saltwater aquarium. This one is 6 or 12 gallons.
731690
I am running this for a 15 gallon system and it isn't anywhere near enough. I just ordered a new one myself. You have at least 170 gallons. You can never have too much air, go to the full blown big commercial one and you won't be sorry that you did. You might spend 80 to $100 dollars now, but trust me, if you have that many tanks already, you will ultimately need it anyways.