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06-26-2007, 08:43 PM

I'd use 2 of the Rena's personally.

Clean them often, you can also use sponge prefilters on the intakes to reduce the work there. I think it's better using a wider hood personally.

You will get better spread as a 150 is 24" wide(standard sizing anyway).
A stripe light is not the best. You can raise it up higher, say 10" above the glass lid, but that might not be what you want either. You have enough light even there.

I like the T5's they let you place lights all over the top without too much light watts coming in. A&H also sells the DIY where you place the lights anywhere etc.

I really hate stripe lights, they are designed for narrow tall deep tanks only.
They give poor color strike for fish also, the fish only get a good color from the lights in a very narrow band in the tank rather than the entire tank.

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Tom Barr
  
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