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View Poll Results: What type(s) of lighting do you use?
VHO fluorescents 52 27.96%
PC fluorescents 62 33.33%
T5 fluorescents 26 13.98%
Mixture of fluorescent types 6 3.23%
MH below 10k 7 3.76%
MH 10k 38 20.43%
MH 12k 2 1.08%
MH 13k 9 4.84%
MH 14k 17 9.14%
MH 20 K 22 11.83%
Metal Halide with additional fluorescents 55 29.57%
Metal Halide alone 3 1.61%
Natural sunlight and a winning personality 4 2.15%
Other 5 2.69%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 186. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-17-2004, 09:01 PM   #31
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That's encouraging, Illusion. I've got a 25-ish tank (that's a 10" tall 55), and I was thinking of doing an all T5 setup after some encouragement from Krux. I was wondering if you had experimented with different numbers of white/actinic bulbs amongst the four slots?

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Old 08-21-2004, 04:14 AM   #32
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I would evenly match them.. 1 to 1 Actinic and 10k... I havent used anything else besides Actinics... However when I ran just 6x55w pc lights I would run 2 actinics and 4 10k bulbs.. Looked good but needed more Actinic IMO..

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Old 09-13-2004, 05:33 PM   #33
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LOL! Somebody voted.
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Old 09-13-2004, 07:26 PM   #34
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Kinda makes ya wonder, hmmmm...

I wish the votes for the last two categories were discussed in reply. What is used as "other", and although natural sunlight is swell and all, everybody knows that a winning personality will only get you so far! Ryan
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Old 09-13-2004, 10:49 PM   #35
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hmm, in that photo, are you trying to remember where you put your pants?
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Old 09-13-2004, 10:54 PM   #36
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ROTFLMMFAO LOL Both you RYans are such Characters LOL ROFLMAO LOL That made my day

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Old 09-16-2004, 12:52 PM   #37
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Hey Krux,... I knew exactly where my pants were(don't be silly), but,... I was sure my undies landed over here someplace, hmmmm... Ryan2
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Old 09-16-2004, 12:57 PM   #38
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Oh, what's that over there?
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Old 09-16-2004, 12:58 PM   #39
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There they are,... I knew I'd find them.
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Old 09-16-2004, 03:08 PM   #40
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OMFG! That's hilarious! Hrmm...I hope you have kids, cuz otherwise that's a little weird. Still incredibly hilarious though. heheh.

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Old 09-16-2004, 09:45 PM   #41
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"it is like [small] underwear, at first it can be a bit constricting, but after a while it just becomes a part of you".
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Old 10-15-2004, 01:48 AM   #42
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Old 10-15-2004, 10:28 AM   #43
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Ok, Ryan2 my two cents. I use to run the Iwaski 250w with std coil ballast, over the 100 with 4x URI super actinics., 560w's The color was umm, not bad. Corals grew and polyp extension was great. Monti's so bushy you could hide that "underwear" in them . OK maybe not so big but bushy. I am now running the same bulbs but with a change in ballasts - dual PFO HQI ballast. It's looks like about a 10K and still have the same URI's. According to the test that JB NY did on the 250w's on a PFO HQI ballast:

LAMP PAR WATT MaxWATT AMP MaxAMP
IWASAKI 950 355 384 3.02 4.79

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Old 09-07-2005, 07:59 AM   #44
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Old 01-19-2006, 10:47 AM   #45
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Wow this is an oldie. It always seems to get get dug back up every couple of months. Ohhhh... i use 6x54w T5 lighting. Later Ryan
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