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| Has anyone here used anything like this to light up a frag tank? I read somewhere Anthony Calfo had some experience with these so hopefully he will see this. i was looking at the tube skylights you can buy at home depot and lowes. seems like it would work fine. i am looking to put it over a 40 breeder with mainly softies. any info would be appreciated. thanks!
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| Yes it works assuming that you have sufficient sunlight where you live. D.
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| any idea how far down they work? i was thinking of running it directly in to the canopy. how big of one would i need for a 40 breeder (18 wide 36 long)? any heating issues? i live in ohio but i can supplement lighting when needed. thanks
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| Penetration is very good so you should be ok there but heat maybe an issue as natural sunlight can heat up the water a lot. I would use a 14 inch (diameter) tube for that tank.
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| so if heat will be that big of an issue, do you think if i didnt put it inside the canopy and just had it above the tank lets say 2 feet and had a fan blowing across i would be ok?
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That would help though honestly I have never seen solar tube used on a 40g, do you have a sump for this? The extra water volume will help with the heat as well
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| i have a 20 sump. it is in a small room in my garage built for my frag tank so it has a pretty decent exaust fan in the ceiling of the room too.
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| http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56125 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=09eea58222944f50b405d7421edc8a05&threadid=1354345 Two very good threads you should see about solatubes.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Im AKA hahnmeister on RC 48x30x21"h 125g w/ 250wattDE on light mover w/ ushio 14,000K, 4x54wattT5s: 2x ATI blue+, 2x Giesemann true actinic 03, ATB cone 'Small' skimmer, Korallin 1502, Tunze TS24kit, 40L sump, passive fed DIY phos/carbon chambers, eheim 1250 return pump, 20g refugium. SPS dominant, zebrasoma, genicanthus, and Cirrhilabrus fish.
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A 14" solatube can easily have peak outputs higher than that of a 400 watt halide, so you can run much more than a 40B with it. Where do you live? Perhaps thats a good place to start.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Im AKA hahnmeister on RC 48x30x21"h 125g w/ 250wattDE on light mover w/ ushio 14,000K, 4x54wattT5s: 2x ATI blue+, 2x Giesemann true actinic 03, ATB cone 'Small' skimmer, Korallin 1502, Tunze TS24kit, 40L sump, passive fed DIY phos/carbon chambers, eheim 1250 return pump, 20g refugium. SPS dominant, zebrasoma, genicanthus, and Cirrhilabrus fish.
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