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Originally Posted by TheOldSalt
You are talking to nobody jasno. The article is a repost from another article written by somebody else who was never here on this forum.
If anyone else decides to try this, bear in mind that it will take a LOT of bulbs to do the job, so it's very important that you wire it up correctly in order to prevent fires and other failures. Such an assemblage must also be shielded from saltwater spray.
Corals grown from small frags have a good ability to adapt to whatever light is available. Dumping a wildharvest coral into such a tank is a gamble, but as mentioned earlier, good coral placement can work wonders for this.
Finally, remember to keep your bulbs fresh by frequent replacement. The corals already in the tank can get by for awhile on "stale" lighting, but any newly introduced ones would likely not make it.
I really hate to see this type of thing encouraged, because the last thing this hobby needs is a bunch of people failing at it and making us all look bad. However, people will always try stuff like this anyway, and although most of them probably fail, sometimes nifty discoveries are made. Please note that this guy made a lot of his own luck by knowing what he was doing ( he's a fragger, after all ) and by having the discipline to do it right with things like keeping fresh bulbs in use. Please don't go trying this unless you are prepared to do it right.
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Thanks for lettign me know. I don't see the harm in doign something like this. It is the same as a high powered floursent system but it is just more complicated. I think it is actually a good idea in terms of saving money just a nightmare to put together. I am thinkign about gettign some books on electrical install cause something like this really does need to be installed and wired properlly. I might eventually try this when I have a bigger tank but that will not be for a while. Just seems a lot more econimical to do something like this instead of paying 400-1000 dollars for a prebuilt system.