The Dr. Has gone insane Re-build
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So I'm ordering the three 250 watt hqi Hamilton fixtures today. Do I do the Phoenix bulbs or the new Hamilton 20k? On the phone they have told me the Hamilton look the same to the eye as the Phoenix but have "slightly higher par rating" I'm inclined to believe them but no one really has any experience with hem. They developed the bulb as a replacement for the Phoenix when they were temporarily not in production.
Lol! Not in the budget. I almost ordered 2 of 1 and 1 of the other but in the end after talking to Dave at Hamilton, I decided to go with the Hamilton. He promised I'd love them and customers have been reporting great things back to him. I'll report what I see after I get them installed and broken in for several days. Probably going to dim them for a couple weeks as this will be a lot more light than I currently have.
Thanks chad! I use a filter sock for a day or 2 after each water change. I also use about 25% of the recommended BRS lignite carbon and change it out every month or so. Sometimes I throw a little KZ coral snow in which works awesome but only got it when it was on sale for 40% off. Too rich for my blood on a normal basis but it really works and helps with algae on the sand, clears water like crazy and the corals seem to extend extra the next day.
I updated my lighting. The 2 bulb system was not giving me the coverage l wanted. I went with three 250 watt cabu sun fixtures from Hamilton. They have dim able ballasts that I currently have at 190 watts to let the corals adjust. Hamilton also encouraged me (with a fantastic deal) to go with the Hamilton 20K HQI bulb. They advertise it as a replacement for the Phoenix with better par? We will see. They look the same to the eye. Hamilton seems to have extraordinary customer service.
The Dr. Has gone insane Re-build
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Is this going to turn this light on from 9:00 am till 3pm and on again at 6pm till 10pm or do I need another line of code for the off time? I'm assuming no since the fallback is off???
It's code I've written since 6th grade. Lol just trying out the advanced option on something simple before I get more complicated.
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Is this going to turn this light on from 9:00 am till 3pm and on again at 6pm till 10pm or do I need another line of code for the off time? I'm assuming no since the fallback is off???
It's code I've written since 6th grade. Lol just trying out the advanced option on something simple before I get more complicated.
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