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Old 06-05-2009, 02:57 PM   #1
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T5 Lighting

I'm looking at switching from metal halide to t5 lighting. I'm looking at a 3' fixture from ATI. Just was wondering how many bulbs and wattage I should go with. This is going to light a 58g Oceanic tank. The tank is 20" tall.
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Old 06-05-2009, 03:22 PM   #2
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The wattage of the bulbs is based upon the size of them. A 36 inch fixture is going to use 39 watt bulbs. The big thing is to measure the top off your tank from front to back and then check the specs to see what fixture with the highest number of bulbs will fit over that space.
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