8000k 20' x 20' x 9.5' RDWC Sealed Flower Room + 200 sq. ft. Mother/Veg Room

jcommerce

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Sounds like you are good to go man. If you are close to 17' in length you could probably get away with just 3 lights in a row. Not that 4 wouldn't be NICE!!! Anyway, thanks for having me and looking forward to the show. +Rep for sharing.
My original plan was to run 3 in a row...would sure help with my power bill. This would mean the bulbs would be approx. 6 feet apart (2.5' - 8.5' - 14.5')...and that sounded a little too far to me (pushing that 6 x 6 footprint). Since these hoods are 42'" long, the hoods themselves would really only be about 30 inches apart...but still, the bulbs would be 6 feet apart.

With 4, the spacing of the bulbs will be 4 feet apart (2.5' - 6.5' - 10.5' - 14.5')...and hoods 6 inches apart. Obviously, the more light the better...but I'm not sure if the final result will justify the extra 2000+ watts. Feel free to chime in (anyone). Thx
 

phillipchristian

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I think it would be stretching it but if you put the first one and the last one 3' from the ends the middle light would be covering a 6' footprint with overlapping light coming from the other two plus all those CFL's you have I think you would fine. If anything, 4 600's would help as well. Less electricity; less cooling; cheaper ballasts and bulbs.
 

jcommerce

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I think it would be stretching it but if you put the first one and the last one 3' from the ends the middle light would be covering a 6' footprint with overlapping light coming from the other two plus all those CFL's you have I think you would fine. If anything, 4 600's would help as well. Less electricity; less cooling; cheaper ballasts and bulbs.
Since I have 8 1k ballasts and 8 1k lamps...I guess 8 1k rigs will be the route taken. ; )
 

jcommerce

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<<<Likes Phillp's new avatar...it's where I wanna be! Like Tupac said (almost)....picture me trollin.
 

phillipchristian

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You fish bud? Come on down to Costa Rica and I'll show what real sportfishing is. I fish 80-100 days a year including tournaments. We fish some of the big IGFA and WBS tournaments in the Caribbean, Florida, Carolinas, Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica.
 

jcommerce

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You fish bud? Come on down to Costa Rica and I'll show what real sportfishing is. I fish 80-100 days a year including tournaments. We fish some of the big IGFA and WBS tournaments in the Caribbean, Florida, Carolinas, Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica.
Is water wet? Are you retired down in CR? I used to live there (90s)...fished out of Quepos. We also go to Panama every few years...Tropic Star and up the coast. Xmas Island...Papua New Guinea...Indonesia. I love the Blue Watta! I've never fished a tourney though...sounds fun!
 

phillipchristian

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That's fucking crazy man. I live in Manuel Antonio. Moved down here in 2005 almost full time. I travel a lot for work & pleasure so I'm probably in Manuel Antonio only 4-6 months out of the year. I keep a 68' in Los Suenos (Jaco/Playa Herradura) and 51' down in Golfito. I build high end spec homes for a living. Worked on Wall Street for a while and got out of the racket when a builder friend of mine talked me into doing a spec house down here with another buddy of his. Had so much fun doing it that I quite my day job. I'm 35 now; kinda retired I guess. Tournament fishing is fun; just adds a little competative edge to it. Not easy though. We normally fish 2-3 days before the tournament for practice and to spot out areas and then you've got 3-4 days of the actual tournament. Up at 5am, leave the dock at 6am, in the sun all day for a week straight isn't as glamorous as it sounds. I enjoy it though. If you ever make it back down this way just let me know. I've got properties in Manuel Antonio, Los Suenos, Golfito, etc... We'll hook up and take the boat out one day. Picked up that 68' in 2010 and she's a ton of fun. Raises fish too. Taken a few tournaments with her. That 51' is an old 1969 Whiticar that I bought off a friend in 2007 and she spent 8 months in the yard getting a full overhaul. She's not like the new boats today with their big engines and air conditioned cockpits but man is she a smooth ride and nothing raises fish more than her. Those old wood boats always did raise the most fish.
 

jcommerce

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Damn, a 68 footer!? Craziness. That would be a new experience for me....we ususally fish off 31 foot Bertrams in Panama...and zodiacs at the other locales I mentioned. Don't think I won't hit you up man!...just a warning.
 

jcommerce

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<<Impressed! Nice atun...sweet tailwalkin. Is that a pseudo Orca?? Look at that straight up pimp in the tower! My only question is...where's the light tackle? ; ) Fly rods? ; )
 

phillipchristian

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LOL!! Those are 20's and 30's you see. We only use 50's in tournaments for long riggers and shotguns. We keep a few 50 pitch baits on stand by for any big hogs that come up in the spread or if we run into a school of tuna. Can't go much lighter than a 20/30. Talking about 100 - 400lb. billfish on 30lb tackle. That 80 you see in the dorado picture is a cockpit teaser on the 51'. Just used for a squid chain or hawaiian eye with no hook. The mates crank it out of the way when 1 comes up in the spread. I flyfish for trout when I'm back in the States but never had the desire to do it for billfish.
 

jcommerce

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LOL, I'm with ya... I've caught a few sails on the fly...a 60 lb. Rooster...50 lb trevally....and lots of yellowfin. After those battles, I was ready for the bar and sauna. Here's a baitball we had fun with awhile back:

 

phillipchristian

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About 2 years ago we started doing underwater filming. It's pretty cool. I have like 10 of those GoPro cameras and we tie them in the dredges or suction them to the boat. You can see the fish coming up into the spread and everything. I even get in the water and film them after we've hooked up to a marlin or sailfish. I have all the raw videos but just haven't gotten around to editing them and posting them online. Wanted to find someone to do the editing for me. LOL Between my room, work, fishing, etc... who has time to sit down and edit days of footage.

Cool picture of a bait ball. Swam in those a few times spearfishing tuna.
 

jcommerce

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6 lights ...15 x 11...been doin this for awhile :) 9 lights 15x15 ....max 18x18



Think how sweet this grow would be with some real reflectors. I learned many years ago, from Jorge's bible, that parabolics were one of the least efficient reflector designs out there...barely above that of a bare bulb. Actually makes this grow even more impressive seeing what he's done with paras. Check this reflector test link: http://www.greners.com/reflector-test.html

By the way, Colonuggs, got any shots of late bloom?
 

connoisseurde420

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^^ yes anyone who has ran them next to each other know s the obvious choice... I have run bare bulbs and different reflectors and you get what you pay for.. but this doesnt knock the work he is doing in that picture they look good wheres the late photo shots near harvest ??? :) would be interesting to see
 
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