Dear Orion76!

[7thheaven]

I know your tank is cube 150x100x100cm.

could you show me the pic of lighting?

I wanna know your lighting system and canopy(if you have)

thanks~!

[Orion76]

Sure

I use a closed hood. Here's a picture when it's closed:



Here's a picture when it's open:



Here's what's under the hood:



And another one:



Here's the design I gave to the builder:



This is the metal halide fixture I use, it's an AquaLight HQI-Leuchte MEGA-D 2x400W. I have two of them and each one has one BLV 10,000K and one Radium 20,000K.



I also have 6 x 55 watt power compact actinic and 2 x 96 watt power compact actinic. The little blue lamps are moonlights which are on a X10 dimmer, the lunar cycle is controlled by my AquaController Pro.

[7thheaven]

Thank you for reply~

you have a great looking tank...

your AquaLight HQI-Leuchte MEGA-D 2x400W is very interesting..

How about that? satisfied?

[Orion76]

Yes I'm very happy with the Aqualight, it's hard to find a fixture that small with two 400 watt bulbs

[nyfireman3097]

Yes indeed very nice O
Nick

[tonkadawg]

How is heat with 2 400 HQI's in such a small space?

[Orion76]

How is heat with 2 400 HQI's in such a small space?

There are four 400w HQI's

Heat is not an issue, the fixtures are actually sitting on top of the canopy and are well ventilated. For the water I use an 18,000 BTU airconditioner (which is outside the house) hooked up to a titanium coil inside a PVC housing and I run one of the closed loops through this housing. Does the job nicely

[Orion76]

Here you can see better, the fixtures are on the outside for obvious reasons.

[tonkadawg]

really nice set up!!!

[nyfireman3097]

awesome idea
Nick

[SeanCallan]

Man I'd love to have a cube that big but I was trying to make my new cube have no powerheads, no clue how you could make a tank that big not have powerheads!

Awesome tank though!