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Garage Coral Farm & 10' Reef Tank

Hows the 10 doing any updates?
Not sure been a minute but the stealth black reflectors I believe came with tempered glass splash shields..the silvers ones didn’t which made alota sense lol. Also them bulbs are supposed to stay warm so if using no splash guards don’t have any fans blowing directly on the bulbs otherwise will shorten their lifespan or may cause a color shift..blowing on fixtures are fine.
I still run plasma tv’s which double as room heaters Ha.. There are still reefers who still run plasma probably Gavita made some good LEP ones in the past
 
iani said:
Man I remember burning my eyes a bit after less than a minute once with double ended metal halide bulbs.
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The double ended bulbs were unshielded without glass in the way right? Mine caused my acrylic to crack in the corners where it leaked out through gaps in the glass. All that UVC coming out.
 
If I remember correctly it had to be tempered glass, not regular. Something about tempered filters uv while regular doesn’t. Also regular glass might not stand the heat and could shatter.
 
I can’t tell you what type of glass it is. But it is different. In the early 2000’s I ran the 250 double ended ones. I had them a little too close to the water. Water splashed on the glass when they were on. It exploded the glass. I thought it was just glass so I went to OSH. Had them cut me a piece of glass. Nope. Burned the crap out of the corals. And exploded that piece to just by the heat.
 
I finally got the 10-footer filled earlier this month. I’m currently battling the ugly stage from the new rock, which was expected. The system is plumbed into the garage with 2” drains. Flow is handled by four Maxspect XF350s mounted on the back wall.

I’m running temporary T5s for now until I build out the permanent lighting. The plan for this tank is primarily LPS and softies.

Last weekend I put together some trim board and an open top canopy. Next step is adding white acrylic panels along the bottom to clean things up and hide what is currently serving as toy storage.

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