Talk:Reef aquarium

message: " Power output available to the hobbyist can range from a meager 9 W fluorescent lamp to a blinding 1000 W metal halide. Lighting systems also vary in the light output produced by each bulb type--listed in order of weakest to strongest they would be: T8/12 or normal output lamps, compact fluorescent and T5 high output, VHO, and metal halide lamps. To further complicate matters, there are several types of ballasts available: electric ballast, magnetic ballast, and pulse start ballast."
"Power output available to the hobbyist can range from a meager 9 W fluorescent lamp to a blinding 1000 W metal halide. "
A 1w or even less LED is also available and so are stadium lights for a price. What i'm trying to say is what is the point of the statement?
"Lighting systems also vary in the light output produced by each bulb type--listed in order of weakest to strongest they would be: T8/12 or normal output lamps, compact fluorescent and T5 high output, VHO, and metal halide lamps."
There is no quantitative data to support this statement. Did the author personally measure and compare the light outputs of each of the lighting systems mentioned? If not, is there a study that is not public domain information and cannot be referenced? This above statement needs to either be removed or it needs a lot of editing.
"To further complicate matters, there are several types of ballasts available: electric ballast, magnetic ballast, and pulse start ballast."
I do not find it complicated that a ballast is electric, unless the author meant electronic. Also it needs to be clarified that the author is talking about metal halide ballasts and if so, neglected to mention "probe-start" ballasts.
This entire section serves to mislead more than inform. Further, an encyclopedia should not be a place to voice personal opinions and prejudices. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.97.233.249 (talk) 07:11, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're asking for someone's permission to do it, you've got it. Go for it. FireFly5 07:05, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This section of the entry is misleading and should be cleaned up 

message: In recent years, advancements in our knowledge of the reef coupled with more refined reef maintenance techniques have allowed the reef tank to become much more accessible to the hobbyist.  
Please not return this information to the article without a citation.--BirgitteSB 21:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: More trivial, than questionable, isn't it? What aquatic knowledge hasn't advanced in "recent years"? It would be more useful to say what especially has advanced. Piano non troppo (talk) 02:59, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  remove  old contested statement  

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